Author: Jack Kerouac

Quotes

All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

- 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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

- 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.

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

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