1,027 Quotes by Jack Kerouac

Something good will come of all things yet.

Trouble is, what would I do with her once I won her?- it’s like winning an angel in hell and you are then entitled to go down with her to where it’s worse or maybe there’ll be light, some, down there, maybe it’s me’s crazy-.

What’s your road, man? – holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It’s an anywhere road for anybody anyhow. Where body how?

My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women’s feet and asked for forgiveness.

You’d be surprised how little I knew even up to yesterday.

He was simply a youth tremendously excited with life, and though he was a con-man, he was only conning because he wanted so much to live and to get involved with people who would otherwise pay no attention to him.

Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream.

The world was upsidedown hanging in an ocean of endless space and here were all these people sitting in theatres watching movies.

One night I realized that when you give people understanding and encouragement a funny little meek childish look abashes their eyes, no matter what they’ve been doing they weren’t sure it was right – lambies all over the world.