I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other.
Jack Kerouac
Divine Love, Faith, Protection, Surrender, Universal Care
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“Life was life no matter where one lived.” Jack Kerouac
Life, Existence, Perspective, Place, Philosophy
Jack Kerouac Life, Existence, Perspective, Place, Philosophy“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.” Jack Kerouac
Time, Eternity, Existence, Purpose, Timeless Actions
Jack Kerouac Time, Eternity, Existence, Purpose, Timeless Actions“There are immeasurable star misty aeons of universes more numerous than the sands in all the galaxies, multiplied by a billion lightyears of multiplication, in fact if I were to go on you'd be scared and couldn't comprehend and you'd despair so much you'd drop dead,′ that's what he just about said in one of those sutras – -.” Jack Kerouac
Cosmic Scale, Incomprehensibility, Existential Dread, Buddhist Wisdom, Universal Vastness
Jack Kerouac Cosmic Scale, Incomprehensibility, Existential Dread, Buddhist Wisdom, Universal Vastness“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.” Jack Kerouac
Perception, Mind-dependency, Reality, Emptiness, Buddhist Philosophy
Jack Kerouac Perception, Mind-dependency, Reality, Emptiness, Buddhist Philosophy“It ain’t whatcha write, it’s the way atcha write it.” Jack Kerouac
Writing, Style, Expression, Creativity, Authenticity
Jack Kerouac Writing, Style, Expression, Creativity, Authenticity“Across the immense plain of night lay the first Texas town, Dalhart, which I'd crossed in 1947. It lay glimmering on the dark floor of the earth, fifty miles away. The land by moonlight was all mesquites and wastes. On the horizon was the moon. She fattened, she grew huge and rusty, she mellowed and rolled, til the morning star contended and dews began to blow in our windows-and still we rolled.” Jack Kerouac
Journey, Night, Nature, Description, Time
Jack Kerouac Journey, Night, Nature, Description, Time“Writing at least is a silent meditation even though you're going a hundred miles an hour.” Jack Kerouac
Writing, Meditation, Speed, Paradox, Creative Process
Jack Kerouac Writing, Meditation, Speed, Paradox, Creative Process“For the first time in my life the weather was not something that touched me, that caressed me, froze or sweated me, but became me.” Jack Kerouac
Weather, Identity, Experience, Nature, Transformation
Jack Kerouac Weather, Identity, Experience, Nature, Transformation“You boys going to get somewhere, or just going.” Jack Kerouac
Destination, Journey, Purpose, Aimless Wandering, Life Questions
Jack Kerouac Destination, Journey, Purpose, Aimless Wandering, Life Questions“Nevertheless we understood each other on all levels of madness.” Jack Kerouac
Understanding, Connection, Madness, Relationships, Complexity
Jack Kerouac Understanding, Connection, Madness, Relationships, Complexity“Let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious.” Jack Kerouac
Mind-body Duality, Existence, Glory, Perspective, Human Condition
Jack Kerouac Mind-body Duality, Existence, Glory, Perspective, Human Condition“What did it matter? I was a young writer and I wanted to take off.” Jack Kerouac
Youth, Ambition, Writing, Freedom, Self-discovery
Jack Kerouac Youth, Ambition, Writing, Freedom, Self-discovery“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...” Jack Kerouac
Creativity, Writing, Freedom, Expression, Excitement
Jack Kerouac Creativity, Writing, Freedom, Expression, Excitement“All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.” Jack Kerouac
Dreams, Humanity, Connection, Existence, Philosophy
Jack Kerouac Dreams, Humanity, Connection, Existence, Philosophy“Maybe that's what life is a wink of the eye and winking stars.” Jack Kerouac
Life, Brevity, Universe, Cosmic Perspective, Existential Thoughts
Jack Kerouac Life, Brevity, Universe, Cosmic Perspective, Existential Thoughts“I don't really go out at all.” Jack Kerouac
Introversion, Lifestyle, Solitude, Preference, Simplicity
Jack Kerouac Introversion, Lifestyle, Solitude, Preference, Simplicity“Can't you just see all those enlightened monkey men sitting around a roaring woodfire around their Buddha saying nothing and knowing everything?” Jack Kerouac
Enlightenment, Silence, Wisdom, Spiritual Imagery, Primal Knowledge
Jack Kerouac Enlightenment, Silence, Wisdom, Spiritual Imagery, Primal Knowledge“It’s only through form that we can realize emptiness.” Jack Kerouac
Form, Emptiness, Philosophy, Understanding, Perception
Jack Kerouac Form, Emptiness, Philosophy, Understanding, Perception