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

Quote by Jack Kerouac

Topics: Jack Kerouac Quotes

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....

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...

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

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...

All of life is a foreign country.

All of life is a foreign country.

My witness is the empty sky.

My witness is the empty sky.

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

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,

All human beings are also dream beings. Dream ties all humankind together.

All human beings are also dream beings. Dream ties all humankind together.

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

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,

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...

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

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

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

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