Quotes by

Jack Kerouac

Mankind is like dogs, not gods – as long as you dont get mad theyll bite you – but stay mad and youll never be bitten. Dogs dont respect humility and sorrow. – 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. – 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

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. – Jack Kerouac

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them. – Jack Kerouac

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. – Jack Kerouac

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself. – Jack Kerouac

No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength. – Jack Kerouac

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 everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. – Jack Kerouac

Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night? – Jack Kerouac