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

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

¦-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...

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....

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

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,

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...

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

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

Accept loss forever.

Accept loss forever.

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

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

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...

All of life is a foreign country.

All of life is a foreign country.

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

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

...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...

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,

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely...

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely...