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title: "17 Mad Quotes By Jack Kerouac"
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> [There are worse things than being mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/there-are-worse-things-than-being-mad/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

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> [Because the only people for me are the mad ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/because-the-only-people-for-me-are-the-mad-ones/)

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> [The whole mad swirl of everything that was to come began then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/the-whole-mad-swirl-of-everything-that-was-to-come-began-then/)

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> [Keep it kickwriting at all costs too, that is, write only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake from sheer mad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/keep-it-kickwriting-at-all-costs-too-that-is-write-only-what-kicks/)

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> [The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/the-only-people-for-me-are-the-mad-ones-the-ones-who-are-mad-to-live-3/)

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> [How clear the realization one is going mad -- the mind has a silence, nothing happens in the physique, urine gathers in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/how-clear-the-realization-one-is-going-mad-the-mind-has-a-silence/)

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> [We fumed and screamed in our mountain nook, mad drunken Americans in the mighty land. We were on the roof of America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/we-fumed-and-screamed-in-our-mountain-nook-mad-drunken-americans-in/)

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> [Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/mankind-is-like-dogs-not-gods-as-long-as-you-don-t-get-mad-they-ll/)

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> [How I wished I'd have had a camera of my own, a mad mental camera that could register pictorial shots, of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/how-i-wished-i-d-have-had-a-camera-of-my-own-a-mad-mental-camera-that/)

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> [My whole wretched life swam before my weary eyes, and I realized no matter what you do it's bound to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/my-whole-wretched-life-swam-before-my-weary-eyes-and-i-realized-no/)

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> [“He had become completely mad in his movements; He seemed to be doing everything at the same time. It was a shaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/he-had-become-completely-mad-in-his-movements-he-seemed-to-be-doing/)

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> [Her little shoulders drove me mad; I hugged her and hugged her. And she loved it. 'I love love,' she said, closing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/her-little-shoulders-drove-me-mad-i-hugged-her-and-hugged-her-and-she/)

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> [Once there was Louis Armstrong blowing his beautiful top in the muds of New Orleans; before him the mad musicians who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/once-there-was-louis-armstrong-blowing-his-beautiful-top-in-the-muds/)

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> [Then it's goodbye, Sangsara for me Besides, girls aren't as good as they look And Samadhi is better than you think When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/then-it-s-goodbye-sangsara-for-me-besides-girls-aren-t-as-good-as/)

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> [Sometimes I’d get mad because things didn’t work out so well, I’d spoil a flapjack, or slip in the snowfield while getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/sometimes-i-d-get-mad-because-things-didn-t-work-out-so-well-i-d/)

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> [I could hear Dean, blissful and blabbering and frantically rocking. Only a guy who's spent five years in jail can go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-could-hear-dean-blissful-and-blabbering-and-frantically-rocking/)

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> [Marylou was watching Dean as she had watched him clear across the country and back, out of the corner of her eye--with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/marylou-was-watching-dean-as-she-had-watched-him-clear-across-the/)

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## Other authors on Mad

## More by Jack Kerouac

> [Bein Crazy is the least of my worries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/bein-crazy-is-the-least-of-my-worries/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [I'm Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-m-catholic-and-i-can-t-commit-suicide-but-i-plan-to-drink-myself-to/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/the-beat-generation-that-was-a-vision-that-we-had-john-clellon-holmes/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/but-outside-of-being-a-sweet-little-girl-she-was-awfully-dumb-and/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [“For when you realized that God is Everything you know that you've got to love everything no matter how bad it is, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/for-when-you-realized-that-god-is-everything-you-know-that-you-ve-got/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [“I'm an idealist who has outgrown my idealism I have nothing to do the rest of my life but do it and the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-m-an-idealist-who-has-outgrown-my-idealism-i-have-nothing-to-do-the/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [“Most of them were running away from something―usually the law.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/most-of-them-were-running-away-from-something-usually-the-law/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [“Non lo so, non importa e non fa nessuna differenza.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/non-lo-so-non-importa-e-non-fa-nessuna-differenza/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [“And in the flush of the first few days of joy I confidently tell myself (not expecting what I'll do in three weeks only)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/and-in-the-flush-of-the-first-few-days-of-joy-i-confidently-tell/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [I want a blaze of light to flame in me forever in a timeless, dear love of everything. And why should I pretend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-want-a-blaze-of-light-to-flame-in-me-forever-in-a-timeless-dear/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [“For the next week that was all I heard - manana, a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/for-the-next-week-that-was-all-i-heard-manana-a-lovely-word-and-one/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [“O how wonderful life is, how miraculous, God made this and God made that", "how do you know he doesn't hate what He did:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/o-how-wonderful-life-is-how-miraculous-god-made-this-and-god-made/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/notoriety-and-public-confession-in-the-literary-form-is-a-frazzler-of/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling & laughing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/i-promise-i-shall-never-give-up-and-that-i-ll-die-yelling-laughing/)

[Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/)

> [“The hot water pools are steaming, Fagan and Monsanto and the others are all sitting peacefully up to their necks, they're all naked, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/the-hot-water-pools-are-steaming-fagan-and-monsanto-and-the-others/)

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