Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea, said Japhy. Remember that book I told you about the first sip is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.

Quote by Jack Kerouac

Topics: Books Quotes, Drugs Quotes, Joy Quotes

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 our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

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

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

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,

All of life is a foreign country.

All of life is a foreign country.

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

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

¦-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...

Accept loss forever.

Accept loss forever.

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

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

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

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

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...

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,

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...

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

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

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...

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 had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

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...

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...