I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.

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.

My witness is the empty sky.

My witness is the empty sky.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

All of life is a foreign country.

All of life is a foreign country.

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...

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...

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...

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...

A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I...

A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I...

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

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,

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....

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...

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...