A peaceful sorrow at home is the best I'll ever be able to offer the world, in the end, and so I told my desolation angels goodbye. A new life for me.
Jack Kerouac
Acceptance, Change, Life, Sorrow, Peace
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“Holy flowers floating in the air, were all these tired faces in the dawn of Jazz America.” Jack Kerouac
Jazz, America, Fatigue, Cultural Revolution, Musical Era
Jack Kerouac Jazz, America, Fatigue, Cultural Revolution, Musical Era“As early pioneers in the knowing, that when you lose your reason, you attain highest perfect knowing.” Jack Kerouac
Reason, Knowledge, Transcendence, Understanding, Philosophy
Jack Kerouac Reason, Knowledge, Transcendence, Understanding, Philosophy“Whenever spring comes to New York I can't stand the suggestion of the land that come blowing over the river from New Jersey and I've got to go. So I went.” Jack Kerouac
Wanderlust, Seasons, Travel, Urban Life, Spontaneity
Jack Kerouac Wanderlust, Seasons, Travel, Urban Life, Spontaneity“Dear Sirs: Do you mind if I let my heart out, splattering all its delicate essences over these following pages?” Jack Kerouac
Writing, Emotion, Expression, Vulnerability, Creativity
Jack Kerouac Writing, Emotion, Expression, Vulnerability, Creativity“I believe in order, tenderness, and piety.” Jack Kerouac
Personal Values, Order, Tenderness, Piety, Belief System
Jack Kerouac Personal Values, Order, Tenderness, Piety, Belief System“There is universal substance which is divine substance because where else can it be?” Jack Kerouac
Divinity, Universality, Existence, Spiritual Philosophy, Cosmic Unity
Jack Kerouac Divinity, Universality, Existence, Spiritual Philosophy, Cosmic Unity“The story of love is a long sad tale ending in graves.” Jack Kerouac
Love, Life, Sadness, Mortality, Narrative
Jack Kerouac Love, Life, Sadness, Mortality, Narrative“One night I realized that when you give people understanding and encouragement a funny little meek childish look abashes their eyes, no matter what they've been doing they weren't sure it was right – lambies all over the world.” Jack Kerouac
Understanding, Encouragement, Human Nature, Vulnerability, Universal Innocence
Jack Kerouac Understanding, Encouragement, Human Nature, Vulnerability, Universal Innocence“Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away.” Jack Kerouac
Dreams, Silence, Mind, Focus, Freedom
Jack Kerouac Dreams, Silence, Mind, Focus, Freedom“Dean's California – wild, sweaty, important, the land of lonely and exiled and eccentric lovers come to forgather like birds, and the land where everybody somehow looked like broken-down, handsome, decadent movie actors.” Jack Kerouac
California, Eccentricity, Romance, Loneliness, Cultural Imagery
Jack Kerouac California, Eccentricity, Romance, Loneliness, Cultural Imagery“With the coming of Dean Moriarity began the part of my life you could call my life on the road.” Jack Kerouac
Friendship, Adventure, Transformation, Life Journey, Pivotal Moments
Jack Kerouac Friendship, Adventure, Transformation, Life Journey, Pivotal Moments“Begin not from preconceived idea of what to say about image but from jewel center of interest in subject of image at moment of writing, and write outwards swimming in sea of language to peripheral release and exhaustion.” Jack Kerouac
Writing, Creativity, Spontaneity, Language Exploration, Artistic Process
Jack Kerouac Writing, Creativity, Spontaneity, Language Exploration, Artistic Process“Geniuses can be scintillating and geniuses can be somber, but it's that inescapable sorrowful depth that shines through-originality.” Jack Kerouac
Genius, Creativity, Sorrow, Originality, Human Complexity
Jack Kerouac Genius, Creativity, Sorrow, Originality, Human Complexity“I like it because its ugly.” Jack Kerouac
Beauty, Perception, Appreciation, Unconventional, Aesthetics
Jack Kerouac Beauty, Perception, Appreciation, Unconventional, Aesthetics“The silence is so intense that you can hear your own blood roar in your ears but louder than that by far is the mysterious roar which I alwas identify with the roaring of the diamond wisdom, the mysterious roar of silence itself, which is a great Shhhh reminding you of something you've seemed to have forgotten in the stress of your days since birth.” Jack Kerouac
Silence, Inner Wisdom, Cosmic Awareness, Forgotten Truths, Sensory Experience
Jack Kerouac Silence, Inner Wisdom, Cosmic Awareness, Forgotten Truths, Sensory Experience“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
Solitude, Wilderness, Self-reliance, Personal Growth, Inner Strength
Jack Kerouac Solitude, Wilderness, Self-reliance, Personal Growth, Inner Strength“Mainly I've been back to my books and writings and being nice and quiet and lazy. As I'm writing this, the radio says there's a foot of snow falling on Long Island. I really love snow and wish I could take a long walk in it right now.” Jack Kerouac
Writing, Tranquility, Snow, Desire, Simple Pleasures
Jack Kerouac Writing, Tranquility, Snow, Desire, Simple Pleasures“It’s only through form that we can realize emptiness.” Jack Kerouac
Form, Emptiness, Philosophy, Understanding, Perception
Jack Kerouac Form, Emptiness, Philosophy, Understanding, Perception