A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

Quote by Jack Kerouac

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It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings...

It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings...

...colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middleclass non-identity which usually finds its perfect...

...colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middleclass non-identity which usually finds its perfect...

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

¦-no girl had ever moved me with a story of spiritual suffering and so beautifully...

¦-no girl had ever moved me with a story of spiritual suffering and so beautifully...

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll...

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll...

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live...

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live...

Why did I allow myself to be bored ever in the past and to compensate...

Why did I allow myself to be bored ever in the past and to compensate...

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack...

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack...

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

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

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea, said Japhy. Remember that book I told...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea, said Japhy. Remember that book I told...

My witness is the empty sky.

My witness is the empty sky.

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

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

Accept loss forever.

Accept loss forever.

All of life is a foreign country.

All of life is a foreign country.

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go....

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go....

You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.

You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.

Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?

Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?

Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.

Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.