Jack Kerouac

I'm a cosmos, not a world. I'm a world, not a cosmos. I'm a.

I'm everything, not nothing. I'm nothing, not everything. I'm a.

I'm a paradox, not a contradiction. I'm a contradiction, not a paradox. I'm a.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

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

All human beings are also dream beings.

I was a young brakeman and I was going to save the world with poetry.

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

The only people for me are the mad ones.

I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didn’t know who I was.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

The world you see is just a movie in your mind.

I am not a Beatnik. I am a Catholic.

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'

Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.

I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.

The only truth is music.

What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks disappearing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.

It all began when I was a boy and I fell in love with the road. I don't know why, but I just did.