Jack Kerouac

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#battered #go #had #life #longer

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#bitten #dogs #get #gods #humility

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#die #give #great #hope #i

Accept loss forever. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#forever #loss

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#amazement #recollection #write #yourself

You can't teach the old maestro a new tune. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#old #teach #tune #you

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

#direction #every #every time #girl #going

My witness is the empty sky. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#sky #witness

Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night? ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#car #night #shiny #thou #thy

It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#bohemian #certain #elements #fault #found