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Time Quotes by Jack Kerouac
- Genius gives birth, talent delivers. What Rembrandt or Van Gogh saw in the night can never be seen again. Born writers of the future are…
- No time for poetry but exactly what is.
- "What do you want out of life?" I asked, and I used to ask that all the time of girls.
- Because in the end, you won't remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain
- Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting…
- It's all too much and not enough at the same time.
- We were all delighted, we all realized we were leaving confusion and nonsense behind and performing our one and noble function of the time, move.
- With joy realize for the first time thinking just not thinking-so I don't have to think anymore.
- I told Terry I was leaving. She had been thinking about it all night and was resigned to it. Emotionlessly she kissed me in the…
- And there in the blue air I saw for the first time, far off, the great snowy tops of the Rocky Mountains. I had to…
- 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,…
- 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…
- I want to marry a [guy], so i can rest my soul with [him] till we both get old. This can't go on all the…
- the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of…
- I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I…
- We turned at a dozen paces, for love is a duel, and looked at each other for the last time.
- They have worries, they're counting the miles, they're thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they'll get there…
- And just for a moment I had reached the point of ecstasy that I always wanted to reach, which was the complete step across chronological…
- And then we’ll all go off to sweet life, ‘cause now is the time and we all know time!
- My whole wretched life swam before my weary eyes, and I realized no matter what you do it's bound to be a waste of time…
- You have absolutely no regard but yourself and your damned kicks. All you think about is what's hanging between your legs and how much money…
- ..and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didnt know who I was
- For the first time in my life the weather was not something that touched me, that caressed me, froze or sweated me, but became me.
- What do you want out of life?" I asked, and I used to ask that all the time of girls. I don't know," she said.…
- It seemed like a matter of minutes when we began rolling in the foothills before Oakland and suddenly reached a height and saw stretched out…
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