All of life is a foreign country.

Quote by Jack Kerouac

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

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

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....

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...

All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.

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,

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

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...

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

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

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...

Accept loss forever.

Accept loss forever.

...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...

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

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,

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...

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...

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.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular...

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular...

My witness is the empty sky.

My witness is the empty sky.

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.