Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
– Jack Kerouac
All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.
– Jack Kerouac
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
– Jack Kerouac
It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on.
– Jack Kerouac
Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea, said Japhy. Remember that book I told you about the first sip is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.
– Jack Kerouac
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
– Jack Kerouac
Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.
– Jack Kerouac
My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
– Jack Kerouac
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 bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.
– Jack Kerouac
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, but that great consciousness of life.
– Jack Kerouac
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
– Jack Kerouac
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 world.
