All Jack Kerouac Quotes
- I swore I'd be in Chicago tomorrow, and made sure of that, taking a bus to Chicago, spending most of my money, and didn't give… Bus
- The air was so sweet in New Orleans it seemed to come in soft bandannas; and you could smell the river and really smell the… Air
- Hell man, I know very well you didn't come to me only to want to become a writer, and after all what do I really… Addict
- You don't realize what a strain it is on the nerves to write or think-of-writing all day long, and to sleep full of nervous dreams,… All
- Mainly I've been back to my books and writings and being nice and quiet and lazy. As I'm writing this, the radio says there's a… Been
- A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire… Add
- Once there was Louis Armstrong blowing his beautiful top in the muds of New Orleans; before him the mad musicians who had paraded on official… Armstrong
- Holy flowers floating in the air, were all these tired faces in the dawn of Jazz America. Air
- And this is the way a novel gets written, in ignorance, fear, sorrow, madness, and a kind of psychotic happiness as an incubator for the… Born
- I am always thinking 'What am I doing here? Is this the way I am supposed to feel?' Always Thinking
- All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. All
- Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. Accomplished
- I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion. Anybody
- A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big… Big
- My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them. Control
- I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life,… Consciousness
- Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be… Bite
- If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. Apathy
- Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars. Eye
- Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. Battered
- My witness is the empty sky. Aquarius
- All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land. All
- Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken. Become Panic
- It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on. Beatnik
- Write in recollection and amazement for yourself. Amazement