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Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: If you dont [sic] say what you want,

If you dont [sic] say what you want, what's the sense of writing? — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Allen Ginsberg: There's a guy, Anatole Broyard, of the N.

There's a guy, Anatole Broyard, of the N. Y. Times Book Review, who's still chasing Kerouac's corpse with a stiletto. — Allen Ginsberg

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Here we are, by the side of the

Here we are, by the side of the river - once upon a time we had a notion we were Romeo's. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I didn't know what to say. I felt

I didn't know what to say. I felt like crying, Goddammit everybody in the world wants an explanation for your acts and for your very being. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Hateful bitch of a world, it wouldn't ever

Hateful bitch of a world, it wouldn't ever last. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Poe Ballantine: I'm compared to Kerouac, I suppose, because he

I'm compared to Kerouac, I suppose, because he traveled and rejected middle-class values, but the similarities end there. — Poe Ballantine

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I've no timeTo dally hasselIn your heart's house,It's

I've no time
To dally hassel
In your heart's house,
It's too gray
I'm too cold-
I wanta go to Golden,
That's my home. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I loved the way she said 'LA'; I

I loved the way she said 'LA'; I love the way everybody says 'LA' on the Coast; it's their one and only golden town when all is said and done. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: What did it matter? I was a young

What did it matter? I was a young writer and I wanted to take off. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: This is the story of America. Everybody's doing

This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: It's hard to write haiku. I write long,

It's hard to write haiku. I write long, silly Indian poems. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Harvey Pekar: I'm doing research for a large comic book

I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys. — Harvey Pekar

Kerouac's Quotes By William S. Burroughs: I knew [Timothy] Leary, but barely knew, didn't

I knew [Timothy] Leary, but barely knew, didn't really know Jan [Kerouac]. — William S. Burroughs

Kerouac's Quotes By William S. Burroughs: Kerouac opened a million coffee bars and sold

Kerouac opened a million coffee bars and sold a million pairs of Levis to both sexes. Woodstock rises from his pages. — William S. Burroughs

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: It's hard to explain and best thing to

It's hard to explain and best thing to do is not be false. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By William S. Burroughs: Everything Jack says is to be taken with

Everything Jack says is to be taken with considerable reserve. — William S. Burroughs

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I sat cross-legged in the sand and contemplated

I sat cross-legged in the sand and contemplated my life. Well, there, and what difference did it make? What's going to happen to me up ahead? — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Here I was at the end of America

Here I was at the end of America ... no more land ... and nowhere was nowhere to go but back — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Most of the time we were alone and

Most of the time we were alone and mixing up our souls ever more and ever more till it would be terribly hard to say good-by. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: You boys going to get somewhere, or just

You boys going to get somewhere, or just going? We didn't understand his question, and it was a damned good question. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I would fave preferred the happy man to

I would fave preferred the happy man to the unhappy poems he's left us — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: That's the story of my life rich or

That's the story of my life rich or poor and mostly poor and truly poor. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I'm back in these regions of fumbling dark

I'm back in these regions of fumbling dark uncertain creation, but it's my one and only world, and I'll do the best I can. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: My aunt once said the world would never

My aunt once said the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Does kittykat know there's a pigeon on the

Does kittykat know there's a pigeon on the clothes closet? — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Ack Kerouac WD: It ain't whatcha write, it's the way atcha

It ain't whatcha write, it's the way atcha write it. — Ack Kerouac WD

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: And as far as I can see the

And as far as I can see the world is too old for us to talk about it with our new words. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Details are the Life of Prose.

Details are the Life of Prose. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Meditate outdoors. The dark trees at night are

Meditate outdoors. The dark trees at night are not really the dark trees at night, it's only the golden eternity. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Texas is undeniable ... We were already almost

Texas is undeniable ... We were already almost out of America and yet definitely in it and in the middle of where it's maddest. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow

It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: The truth of the matter is, you die,

The truth of the matter is, you die, all you do is die, and yet you live, yes you live, and that's no Harvard lie. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I never saw such crazy musicians. Everybody in

I never saw such crazy musicians. Everybody in Frisco blew. It was the end of the continent; they didn't give a damn. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Nd that was the one distinct time in

Nd that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didnt know who I was — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: If I ever went to Paris,' said Francis,

If I ever went to Paris,' said Francis, unexpectedly pensive, 'I think I would be very happy ... — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I am not 'I am' but just a

I am not 'I am' but just a spy in somebody's body. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: The cause of the world's woe is birth,

The cause of the world's woe is birth, the cure of the world's woe is a bent stick. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: The mambo never let up for a moment,

The mambo never let up for a moment, it frenzied on like an endless journey in the jungle (288). — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Maybe that's what life is ... a wink

Maybe that's what life is ... a wink of the eye and winking stars. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Who can leap the world's ties and sit

Who can leap the world's ties and sit with me among white clouds? — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: If you tell a true story, you can't

If you tell a true story, you can't be wrong. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Every night I still ask the Lord, "Why?"

Every night I still ask the Lord, "Why?" and havent heard a decent answer yet — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: The page is long, blank, and full of

The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: What's your road, man? - holyboy road, madman

What's your road, man? - holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow. Where body how? — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: What's Your Road, Man?

What's Your Road, Man? — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Vinny's was the scene of suicide hookies.

Vinny's was the scene of suicide hookies. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Hell! I'm glad I did it. It's going

Hell! I'm glad I did it. It's going to be a change. I
call this life! — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Nothing's alive for the universe is a dream

Nothing's alive for the universe is a dream already ended. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Work from your own side of literature/ &

Work from your own side of literature/ & room fetish, not "publishing's" - — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: O sweetheart and okayHere's hopin we'll all be

O sweetheart and okay
Here's hopin we'll all be away
It was great fun
But it was just one a
those tings — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Use the shadows of the born The shapes

Use the shadows of the born
The shapes of the world
And pass them before the light
Of imagination's birthless ecstasy — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Rupert Penry-Jones: To be able to play Jack Kerouac or

To be able to play Jack Kerouac or Sal Paradise, it's mad to me. — Rupert Penry-Jones

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: By the time I went to bed I

By the time I went to bed I wasn't taken in by no Princess or no desire for no Princess and nobody's disapproval and I felt glad and slept well. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Happiness consists in realizing it is all a

Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I realised either I was crazy or the

I realised either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world.
And of course I was right. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Frank O'Hara: Kerouac: You're ruining American poetry, O'Hara.O'Hara: That's more

Kerouac: You're ruining American poetry, O'Hara.
O'Hara: That's more than you ever did for it, Kerouac — Frank O'Hara

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Fear life but don't die, your alone, everybody's

Fear life but don't die, your alone, everybody's alone, oh Cody Pomeray you can't win you can't lose all is ephemeral all is hurt — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: All life is but a skull-bone andA rack

All life is but a skull-bone and
A rack of ribs through which
we keep passing food & fuel-
just so's we can burn so
furious beautiful. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Cats yawn because they realize that there's nothing

Cats yawn because they realize that there's nothing to do. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Go moan for man. It's the pathos of

Go moan for man. It's the pathos of people that gets us down, all the lovers in this dream. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: And nobody knows what's going to happen to

And nobody knows what's going to happen to anybody besides the forlorn rags of growing old — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: It always makes me proud to love the

It always makes me proud to love the world somehow- hate's so easy compared. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: It's all the same to me as long

It's all the same to me as long as it can be exciting and goes around the world. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: His friends said, "Why do you have that

His friends said, "Why do you have that ugly thing hanging there?" and Bull said, "I like it because it's ugly." All his life was in that line. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Forgive everyone for your own sins and be

Forgive everyone for your own sins and be sure to tell them you love them which you do. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: The best teacher is experience and not through

The best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Ah the mad hearts of all of us.

Ah the mad hearts of all of us. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I think it's a lovely hallucination but I

I think it's a lovely hallucination but I love it sorta. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Avoid the world, it's just a lot of

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Her unimpeachable dignity was the thing that made

Her unimpeachable dignity was the thing that made her poor in a wild old whorehouse. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: The truth of the matter is we don't

The truth of the matter is we don't understand our women; we blame on them and it's all our fault, — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Geniuses can be scintillating and geniuses can be

Geniuses can be scintillating and geniuses can be somber, but it's that inescapable sorrowful depth that shines through-originality. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: And suddenly, not a soul's at the store

And suddenly, not a soul's at the store as for other & similar & just as blank reasons, they've gone to the silence, the suppers of their own mystery. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: In one sense the drinker learns wisdom, in

In one sense the drinker learns wisdom, in the words of Goethe or Blake or whichever it was "The pathway to wisdom lies through excess" (p. 113) — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: For you are an observer, you know, you

For you are an observer, you know, you observe things, that's why you live. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Be in love with everything .

Be in love with everything . — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Life must be rich and full of lovingit's

Life must be rich and full of loving
it's no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Joseph Cavano: Capote's rejoinder to the Kerouac assertion that he

Capote's rejoinder to the Kerouac assertion that he never needed to edit his writing: "That's not writing .That's typing. — Joseph Cavano

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: It's all a sea, I swim out of

It's all a sea, I swim out of its in the afternoons. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: My witness is the empty sky.

My witness is the empty sky. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: My work comprises one vast book like Proust's

My work comprises one vast book like Proust's except that my remembrances are written on the run instead of afterwards in a sick bed. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I told you it was kicks. Everybody's kicks,

I told you it was kicks. Everybody's kicks, man! — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: The Chinese call it wooThe French les brumesThe

The Chinese call it woo
The French les brumes
The British
Fog
L A
Smog
Heaven
Cellar Door — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Truman Capote: Capote's rejoinder to Kerouac's assertion that he never

Capote's rejoinder to Kerouac's assertion that he never needed to edit his work ... But, that's not writing . That's typing. — Truman Capote

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: It's impossible to fall of mountains you fool!

It's impossible to fall of mountains you fool! — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent

Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: And when the fog's over and the stars

And when the fog's over and the stars and the moon come out at night it'll be a beautiful sight. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: All the men were driving home from work,

All the men were driving home from work, wearing railroad hats, baseball hats, all kinds of hats, just like after work in any town anywhere. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Mudface is the mud in your goatface. What

Mudface is the mud in your goatface. What would you say if someone was asked the question 'Does a dog have a Buddha nature?' and said 'Woof! — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: There are worse things than being mad.

There are worse things than being mad. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: Let the mind beware, that though the flesh

Let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Edward Abbey: Jack Kerouac, like a sick refrigerator, worked too

Jack Kerouac, like a sick refrigerator, worked too hard at keeping cool and died on his mama's lap from alcohol and infantilism. — Edward Abbey

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: It's only through form that we can realize

It's only through form that we can realize emptiness — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: I know who the great poets are.

I know who the great poets are. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: You can't live in this world but there's

You can't live in this world but there's nowhere else to go. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: New York gets god awful cold in the

New York gets god awful cold in the winter but there's a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in the streets. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: And I saw how everybody dies and nobody's

And I saw how everybody dies and nobody's going to care. I felt how it is to live just so you can die like a bull trapped in a screaming human ring. — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Yann Martel: Like punk rock, like Jackson Pollock, like Jack

Like punk rock, like Jackson Pollock, like Jack Kerouac, it was truly human, a mix of perfect beauty and cathartic error. — Yann Martel

Kerouac's Quotes By Jack Kerouac: It's hypocrisy of men makes these hills grim

It's hypocrisy of men makes these hills grim — Jack Kerouac

Kerouac's Quotes By Hunter S. Thompson: Jack Kerouac influenced me quite a bit as

Jack Kerouac influenced me quite a bit as a writer ... in the Arab sense that the enemy of my enemy was my friend. — Hunter S. Thompson