302 Powerful Jack Kerouac Quotes to Inspire You
2. “It's not that I can't fall in love. It's really that I can't help falling in love with too many things all at once. So, you must understand why I can't distinguish between what's platonic and what isn't, because it's all too much and not enough at the same time.”
Jack Kerouac
Love, Overwhelm, Relationships, Confusion, Emotional Intensity
7. “God was gone; it was the silence of his departure. It was a rainy night. It was the myth of the rainy night. Dean was popeyed with awe. This madness would lead nowhere. I didn't know what was happening to me, and I suddenly realized it was only the tea that we were smoking; Dean had bought some in New York. It made me think that everything was about to arrive – the moment when you know all and everything is decided forever.”
Jack Kerouac Spiritual Absence, Altered Perception, Friendship, Anticipation, Revelation
14. “The yard was full of tomato plants about to ripen, and mint, mint, everything smelling of mint, and one fine old tree that I loved to sit under on those cool perfect starry California October nights unmatched anywhere in the world.”
Jack Kerouac Nature, Sensory Details, Nostalgia, Perfection, Place Appreciation
18. “The only alternative to sleeping out, hopping freights, and doing what I wanted, I saw in a vision would be to just sit with a hundred other patients in front of a nice television set in a madhouse, where we could be "supervised."”
Jack Kerouac Freedom, Conformity, Mental Health, Societal Expectations, Rebellion
27. “I cried for it. That's how I see life too. I was so interested in the opera that for a while I forgot the circumstances of my crazy life and got lost in the great mournful sounds of Beethoven and the rich Rembrandt tones of his story.”
Jack Kerouac Art Appreciation, Escapism, Emotional Resonance, Music, Life Perspective
