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I have all the time in the world from life to life to do what is to do, to do what is done, to do the timeless doing.

Time, Eternity, Existence, Purpose, Timeless Actions

I have all the time in the world from life

I have all the time in the world from life

I have all the time in the world from life

Jack Kerouac’s Quotes On Topics

More Jack Kerouac Quotes

“Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away.”

Dreams, Silence, Mind, Focus, Freedom

“Down in Denver, all I did was die.”

Despair, City, Existence, Emotional Struggle, Urban Life

“If you tell a true story, you can't be wrong.”

Truth, Storytelling, Authenticity, Perspective, Moral Certainty

“Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind.”

Dreams, Silence, Clarity, Consciousness, Insight

“There was something virile in her attitude toward tragedy, as though she were defying God to knock off the chip He Himself had placed on her shoulder.”

Resilience, Defiance, Tragedy, Strength, Divine Challenge

“What's in store for me in the direction I don't take?”

Choices, Future, Uncertainty, Life Paths, Missed Opportunities

“Everything I wrote was true because I believed what I saw.”

Truth, Perception, Writing, Belief, Reality

“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.”

Solitude, Wilderness, Self-reliance, Personal Growth, Inner Strength

“Did they know that he stood on the bow every morning, noon, and night for an hour... this prayer of thanks to a God more a God than any to be found in book-bound, altar-bound Religion?”

Gratitude, Spirituality, Nature Worship, Personal Faith, Organized Religion

“I'd also gone through an entire year of celibacy based on my feeling that lust was the direct cause of birth which was the direct cause of suffering and death.”

Celibacy, Lust, Suffering, Causality, Spiritual Practice

“Man, wow, there's so many things to do, so many things to write! How to even begin to get it all down and without modified restraints and all hung-up on like literary inhibitions and grammatical fears...”

Creativity, Writing, Freedom, Expression, Excitement

“Your mind makes out the orange by seeing it, hearing it, touching it, smelling it, tasting it and thinking about it but without this mind, you call it, the orange would not be seen or heard or smelled or tasted or even mentally noticed, it's actually, that orange, depending on your mind to exist! Don't you see that? By itself it's a no-thing, it's really mental, it's seen only of your mind. In other words it's empty and awake.”

Perception, Mind-dependency, Reality, Emptiness, Buddhist Philosophy

“Life must be rich and full of loving – it's no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.”

Love, Fulfillment, Life Philosophy, Happiness, Emotional Richness

“Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end.”

Nihilism, Avoidance, Meaninglessness, World-weariness, Escapism

“They'll eat your heart alive Every time.”

Heartbreak, Betrayal, Pain, Emotional Vulnerability, Life Lessons

“If all the world were green, there would be no such thing as the color green. Similarly, men cannot know what it is to be together without otherwise knowing what it is to be apart. If all the world were love, then, how could love exist? This is why we turn away from each other on moments of great happiness and closeness. How can we know happiness and closeness without contrasting them, like lights?”

Contrast, Perception, Love, Togetherness, Human Nature

“The American police are involved in psychological warfare against those Americans who don't frighten them with imposing papers and threats. It's a Victorian police force; it peers out of musty windows and wants to inquire about everything, and can make crimes if the crimes don't exist to its satisfaction.”

Police, Control, Authority, Criticism, Society

“We were on the roof of America and all we could do was yell.”

Freedom, Exhilaration, America, Experience, Expression

“Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink. Get to San Francisco. Get to San Francisco in defiance of your geography, your ancestry and the lonely change rattling sad excuses in your pocket. Fuel up on pie and diner coffee and mystic visions and the freedom of not knowing what's coming next except that you're burning the road to outrun it.”

Authenticity, Journey, Freedom, Adventure, Self-discovery

“Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea.”

Language, Creativity, Expression, Metaphor, Imagination