Jack Kerouac

Aw I don't wanta go to no such thing, I just wanta drink in alleys.'... But you'll miss all that, just for some old wine.' There's wisdom in wine, goddam it!' I yelled. 'Have a shot! ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#wisdom #wine

And I said, 'That last thing is what you can't get, Carlo. Nobody can get to that last thing. We keep on living in hopes of catching it once and for all. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#honesty #narrowness #uncertainty #uncertainty

It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#rain #rainy-night #myth

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

— Jack Kerouac

#inspirational

my karma was to be born in America where nobody has any fun or believes in anything, especially freedom. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#freedom

...but I preferred reading the American landscape as we went along. Every bump, rise, and stretch in it mystified my longing. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#travel #wanderlust #beauty

Ray, what you got to do is go climb a mountain... ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#inspirational

I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home or work. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#food

I suddenly began to realize that everybody in America is a natural-born thief. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#nature

So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#awakening #life #love #travel #life