Quotes from Jack Kerouac

Yeah," I said, "but you're an artist. You don't believe in decency and honesty and gratitude. Where shall we eat?

If you tell a true story, you can't be wrong.

It is possible for the human spirit to win after all.

I am always thinking 'What am I doing here? Is this the way I am supposed to feel?'

Don't think of words when you stop but to see picture better.

I know who the great poets are.

You boys going to get somewhere, or just going?" We didn't understand his question, and it was a damned good question.

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you're already in heaven now.

All is well, practice kindness, heaven is nigh.

No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge

Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.

I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.

The Catholic Church is a weird church. Much mysticism is sown broadspread from its ritual mysteries till it extends into the very lives of its constituents and parishoners.

I'd sleep and forget it; I had my own life, my own sad and ragged life forever.

A sociable smile is nothing but a mouth full of teeth.

Oh my God, sociability is just a big smile and a big smile is nothing but teeth, I wish I could just stay up here and rest and be kind." But somebody brought up some wine and that started me off.

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.

Be in love with your life, every detail of it.

My life is a vast inconsequential epic.

Don't drink to get drunk. Drink to enjoy life.

I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling & laughing.

Believe in the holy contour of life.

I looked up at the dark sky and prayed to God for a better break in life and a better chance to do something for the little people I loved.

I have all the time in the world from life to life to do what is to do, to do what is done, to do the timeless doing.