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And I will die, and you will die, and we all will die, and even the stars will fade out one after another in time.

Mortality, Universality, Cosmic Impermanence, Shared Fate, Time

And I will die and you will die and we

And I will die and you will die and we

And I will die and you will die and we

Jack Kerouac’s Quotes On Topics

More Jack Kerouac Quotes

“Genius gives birth, talent delivers.”

Creativity, Genius, Talent, Artistic Process, Inspiration

“A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be.”

Passion, Self-destruction, Emotion, Inner Fire, Cyclical Nature

“The whole universe was crazy and cock-eyed and extremely strange.”

Universe, Strangeness, Perception, Cosmic Chaos, Existential Thoughts

“Try the meditation of the trail, just walk along looking at the trail at your feet and don't look about and just fall into a trance as the ground zips by.”

Meditation, Hiking, Mindfulness, Nature Connection, Present Moment

“I believed in a good home, in sane and sound living, in good food, good times, work, faith and hope. I have always believed in these things. It was with some amazement that I realized I was one of the few people in the world who really believed in these things without going around making a dull middle class philosophy out of it. I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.”

Values, Simplicity, Uniqueness, Disillusionment, Cosmic Perspective

“It's hard to write haiku. I write long, silly Indian poems.”

Poetry, Creativity, Cultural Contrast, Self-expression, Writing Challenges

“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."”

Freedom, Conformity, Mental Health, Societal Expectations, Rebellion

“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”

Overwhelm, Passion, Confusion, Night, Self-doubt

“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.”

Silence, Inner Wisdom, Cosmic Awareness, Forgotten Truths, Sensory Experience

“Everything fell apart in me. How are things with you?”

Despair, Connection, Empathy, Personal Struggles, Human Condition

“No matter how you travel, how 'successful' your tour, or foreshortened, you always learn something and learn to change your thoughts.”

Travel, Learning, Personal Growth, Adaptability, Life Experiences

“We fumed and screamed in our mountain nook, mad drunken Americans in the mighty land. We were on the roof of America and all we could do was yell, I guess – across the night...”

American Spirit, Wilderness, Exuberance, Drunkenness, Primal Expression

“Return those shoes to the shoemaker Return this hand to my father This pillow to the pillowmaker Those slippers to the shop. That wainscot to the carpenter, But my mind my tranquil and eternal Mind Return it to whom?”

Belongings, Ownership, Mind, Eternal Questions, Self-identity

“All is well, practice kindness, heaven is nigh.”

Optimism, Kindness, Spirituality, Simplicity, Life Philosophy

“This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.”

America, Society, Conformity, Expectations, Critique

“I don't really go out at all.”

Introversion, Lifestyle, Solitude, Preference, Simplicity

“The straight line will take you only to death.”

Life, Path, Adventure, Philosophy, Death

“The dream is already ended and we’re already awake in the golden eternity.”

Dream, Awakening, Eternity, Reality, Reflection

“On the wall hung a picture of an ugly old Cape Cod house. His friends said, 'Why do you have that ugly thing hanging there?' and Bull said, 'I like it because it's ugly.”

Aesthetics, Unconventional Taste, Personal Preference, Art Appreciation, Honesty

“That's the story of my life rich or poor and mostly poor and truly poor.”

Poverty, Life Story, Wealth, Economic Struggle, Personal Narrative