The dream is already ended and we’re already awake in the golden eternity.
Jack Kerouac
Dream, Awakening, Eternity, Reality, Reflection
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More Jack Kerouac Quotes
“I realize that no matter where I am, whether in a little room full of thought, or in this endless universe of stars and mountains, it's all in my mind.” Jack Kerouac
Mind-centric Reality, Perception, Universe Within, Consciousness, Philosophical Realization
Jack Kerouac Mind-centric Reality, Perception, Universe Within, Consciousness, Philosophical Realization“I’d sleep and forget it; I had my own life, my own sad and ragged life forever.” Jack Kerouac
Life, Sadness, Reflection, Acceptance, Personal Narrative
Jack Kerouac Life, Sadness, Reflection, Acceptance, Personal Narrative“The whole mad swirl of everything that was to come began then.” Jack Kerouac
Beginnings, Chaos, Future, Anticipation, Life Changes
Jack Kerouac Beginnings, Chaos, Future, Anticipation, Life Changes“It always makes me proud to love the world somehow- hate's so easy compared.” Jack Kerouac
Love, Pride, World Appreciation, Difficulty, Emotional Choice
Jack Kerouac Love, Pride, World Appreciation, Difficulty, Emotional Choice“It was all completely serious, all completely hallucinated, all completely happy.” Jack Kerouac
Reality, Perception, Happiness, Experience, Contradiction
Jack Kerouac Reality, Perception, Happiness, Experience, Contradiction“If you own a rug you own too much.” Jack Kerouac
Minimalism, Possessions, Simplicity, Materialism, Lifestyle Philosophy
Jack Kerouac Minimalism, Possessions, Simplicity, Materialism, Lifestyle Philosophy“Accept loss forever. Be submissive to everything, open, listening. No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge. Be in love with your life.” Jack Kerouac
Acceptance, Loss, Openness, Experience, Love
Jack Kerouac Acceptance, Loss, Openness, Experience, Love“I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home or work.” Jack Kerouac
Freedom, Adventure, Simplicity, Lifestyle, Choice
Jack Kerouac Freedom, Adventure, Simplicity, Lifestyle, Choice“Walking on water wasn't built in a day.” Jack Kerouac
Patience, Miracles, Achievement, Wordplay, Spiritual Growth
Jack Kerouac Patience, Miracles, Achievement, Wordplay, Spiritual Growth“The only truth is music.” Jack Kerouac
Music, Truth, Philosophy, Artistic Expression, Emotional Authenticity
Jack Kerouac Music, Truth, Philosophy, Artistic Expression, Emotional Authenticity“Who has believed in the world and died with its name on his lips?” Jack Kerouac
Belief, World, Death, Existential Questions, Human Faith
Jack Kerouac Belief, World, Death, Existential Questions, Human Faith“Everything's alright, form is emptiness and emptiness is form, and we're here forever, in one form or another, which is empty. Everything's alright, we're not here, there, or anywhere.” Jack Kerouac
Buddhist Philosophy, Emptiness, Existence, Paradox, Acceptance
Jack Kerouac Buddhist Philosophy, Emptiness, Existence, Paradox, Acceptance“I felt free and therefore I was free.” Jack Kerouac
Freedom, Feeling, Reality, Self-perception, Autonomy
Jack Kerouac Freedom, Feeling, Reality, Self-perception, Autonomy“Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.” Jack Kerouac
Life Philosophy, Adventure, Positivity, Forgiveness, Personal Mantra
Jack Kerouac Life Philosophy, Adventure, Positivity, Forgiveness, Personal Mantra“The fact that everybody in the world dreams every night ties all mankind together.” Jack Kerouac
Dreams, Unity, Humanity, Universal Experiences, Subconscious Connection
Jack Kerouac Dreams, Unity, Humanity, Universal Experiences, Subconscious Connection“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“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you're already in heaven now.” Jack Kerouac
Kindness, Heaven, Practice, Realization, Present Moment
Jack Kerouac Kindness, Heaven, Practice, Realization, Present Moment“Dean took out other pictures. I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking their parents had lived smooth, well-ordered, stabilized-within-the-photo lives and got up in the morning to walk proudly on the sidewalks of life, never dreaming the raggedy madness and riot of our actual lives, or actual night, the hell of it, the senseless nightmare road. All of it inside endless and beginningless emptiness.” Jack Kerouac
Snapshots, Memories, Perception, Reality, Reflection
Jack Kerouac Snapshots, Memories, Perception, Reality, Reflection