Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.

Quote by Jack Kerouac

Topics: Jack Kerouac Quotes

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

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

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

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

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,

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by intellectual effort. One...

Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by intellectual effort. One...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be...