Author: Jack Kerouac

Quotes

All of life is a foreign country.

All of life is a foreign country.

- Jack Kerouac

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

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

- Jack Kerouac

Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.

Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.

- Jack Kerouac

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

- Jack Kerouac

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

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

- Jack Kerouac

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

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

- Jack Kerouac

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

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

- Jack Kerouac

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

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

- Jack Kerouac

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.

- Jack Kerouac

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