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Jack Kerouac quotes

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“A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“Emotionlessly she kissed me in the vineyard and walked off down the row. We turned at a dozen paces, for love is a duel, and looked at each other for the last time.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk—real straight talk about souls, for life is holy and every moment is precious.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is pointed against him.” Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
“Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, that I thought I was in a dream.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“Nothing had been accomplished. What was there to accomplish?” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“anonymity in the world of men is better than fame in heaven” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“It always makes me proud to love the world somehow — Hate's so easy compared” Jack Kerouac, Big Sur

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On the Road (10)
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