1,027 Quotes by Jack Kerouac

He and I suddenly saw the whole country like an oyster for us to open; and the pearl was there, the pearl was there.

I ate another apple pie and ice cream; that's practically all I ate all the way across the country, I knew it was nutritious and it was delicious, of course.

I know everything's alright but I want proof and the Buddhas and the Virgin Marys are there reminding me of the solemn pledge of faith in this harsh and stupid earth where we rage our so-called lives in a sea of worry, meat for Chicagos of Graves - right this minute my very father and my very brother lie side by side in mud in the North and I'm supposed to be smarter than they are - being quick I am dead.

Il pouvait à peine placer un mot tellement ça l'excitait de vivre.

0 the pain of telling these secrets which are so necessary to tell, or why write or live

An awful realization that I have been fooling myself all my life thinking there was a next thing to do to keep the show going and actually I'm just a sick clown and so is everybody else...

It was like the imminent arrival of Gargantuan preparations had to be made to widen the gutters of Denver and foreshorten certain laws to fit his suffering bulk and bursting ecstasies.

- Dobbiamo andare e non fermarci finché non siamo arrivati.- Dove andiamo?- Non lo so, ma dobbiamo andare.

Basta seguire la strada e prima o poi si fa il giro del mondo. Non può finire in nessun altro posto, no?