Why did I allow myself to be bored ever in the past and to compensate for it got high or drunk or rages or all the tricks people have because they want anything but serene understanding of just what there…

Quote by Jack Kerouac

Topics: Drinking 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.

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....

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.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

All of life is a foreign country.

All of life is a foreign country.

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,

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...

...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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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