Let us sleep by rivers and purify our ears.
Jack Kerouac
Nature, Purification, Sleep, Senses, Harmony
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More Jack Kerouac Quotes
“Everything is perfect on the street again, the world is permeated with roses of happiness all the time, but none of us know it. The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.” Jack Kerouac
Happiness, Perception, Reality, Joy, Reflection
Jack Kerouac Happiness, Perception, Reality, Joy, Reflection“I'll go to the south of Sicily in the winter, and paint memories of Arles – I'll buy a piano and Mozart me that – I'll write long sad tales about people in the legend of my life – This part is my part of the movie, let's hear yours.” Jack Kerouac
Artistic Aspirations, Travel Plans, Self-expression, Life As Art, Personal Narrative
Jack Kerouac Artistic Aspirations, Travel Plans, Self-expression, Life As Art, Personal Narrative“Everything I wrote was true because I believed what I saw.” Jack Kerouac
Truth, Perception, Writing, Belief, Reality
Jack Kerouac Truth, Perception, Writing, Belief, Reality“The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words.” Jack Kerouac
Writing, Truth, Creation, Words, Paradox
Jack Kerouac Writing, Truth, Creation, Words, Paradox“Mad raging sunsets poured in seafoams of cloud through unimaginable crags, with every rose tint of hope beyond, I felt just like it, brilliant and bleak beyond words. Everywhere awful ice fields and snow straws; one blade of grass jiggling in the winds of infinity, anchored to a rock. To the East, it was gray; to the north, awful; to the west, raging mad, hard iron fools wrestling in the groomian gloom; to the south, my father's mist.” Jack Kerouac
Nature, Emotion, Description, Perception, Reflection
Jack Kerouac Nature, Emotion, Description, Perception, Reflection“It no longer makes me cry and die and tear myself to see her go because everything goes away from me like that now – girls, visions, anything, just in the same way and forever and I accept lostness forever.” Jack Kerouac
Loss, Acceptance, Detachment, Emotional Growth, Life Perspective
Jack Kerouac Loss, Acceptance, Detachment, Emotional Growth, Life Perspective“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
Jack Kerouac Divine Love, Faith, Protection, Surrender, Universal Care“The eyes of hope looking over the flare of the hood into the maw with its white line feeding in straight as an arrow, the lighting of fresh cigarettes, the buckling to lean forward to the next adventure something that’s been going on in America ever since the covered wagons clocked the deserts in three months flat.” Jack Kerouac
Hope, Adventure, America, Journey, Continuity
Jack Kerouac Hope, Adventure, America, Journey, Continuity“Will you love me in December as you do in May?” Jack Kerouac
Love, Seasons, Commitment, Relationship Longevity, Emotional Constancy
Jack Kerouac Love, Seasons, Commitment, Relationship Longevity, Emotional Constancy“Keep it kickwriting at all costs too, that is, write only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake from sheer mad joy.” Jack Kerouac
Writing, Passion, Creativity, Joy, Expression
Jack Kerouac Writing, Passion, Creativity, Joy, Expression“I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.” Jack Kerouac
Apathy, Nihilism, Indifference, Resignation, Philosophical Statement
Jack Kerouac Apathy, Nihilism, Indifference, Resignation, Philosophical Statement“We agreed to love each other madly.” Jack Kerouac
Love, Passion, Agreement, Intensity, Relationship
Jack Kerouac Love, Passion, Agreement, Intensity, Relationship“I'm going to write ceaselessly about the dignity of human beings no matter who and or what they are, and the less dignity a person has the fewer words I'll use.” Jack Kerouac
Dignity, Writing, Humanity, Brevity, Human Value
Jack Kerouac Dignity, Writing, Humanity, Brevity, Human Value“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“Life must be rich and full of loving – it's no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.” Jack Kerouac
Love, Fulfillment, Life Philosophy, Happiness, Emotional Richness
Jack Kerouac Love, Fulfillment, Life Philosophy, Happiness, Emotional Richness“You seek identity in the midst of indistinguishable chaos, in sprawling nameless reality.” Jack Kerouac
Identity, Chaos, Reality, Self-discovery, Reflection
Jack Kerouac Identity, Chaos, Reality, Self-discovery, Reflection“The mere thought of looking out the window at Mexico – which was now something else in my mind – was like recoiling from some gloriously riddled glittering treasure-box that you're afraid to look at because of your eyes, they bend inward, the riches and the treasures are too much to take all at once.” Jack Kerouac
Perception, Overwhelm, Beauty, Mental Imagery, Cultural Richness
Jack Kerouac Perception, Overwhelm, Beauty, Mental Imagery, Cultural Richness“I'm afraid that you'll never understand me fully, and because of that, sometimes you'll be frightened, disgusted, annoyed, or pleased. The thing that makes me different from all of you is the vast inner life I have. I just thrive in this, by nature. The bigger and deeper this inner life grows, the less anyone of you will understand me. That's okay.” Jack Kerouac
Inner Life, Understanding, Difference, Acceptance, Self-awareness
Jack Kerouac Inner Life, Understanding, Difference, Acceptance, Self-awareness