Quotessence
Home / Authors / Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac Quotes

Novelist

Filter quotes by topic

AllWisdomWorldThinkingKnowsDharma BumsWritingMenNightWayLifeJack KerouacWantBeat GenerationDreamGirlMindPeopleIfsRealizingStars

Famous Jack Kerouac Quotes

“(...) porque as únicas pessoas autênticas, para mim, são as loucas, as que estão loucas por viver, loucas por falar, loucas por serem salvas, desejosas de tudo ao mesmo tempo, as que não bocejam nem dizem nenhum lugar -comum, mas ardem, ardem, ardem como fabulosas grinaldas amarelas de fogo-de-artifício a explodir, semelhantes a aranhas, através das estrelas e, no meio, vê-se o clarão azul a estourar e toda a gente exclama: «Aaaah!»”

People
Book:On the Road
Create image

“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.”

PeopleInspirationalPassionLiteratureStarsFriendsHorseMadSavedMental IllnessBe KindYellowCandleFabulousSpidersHippieCommonplaceFreethinkerSuitcasesExplodingFavorite BookLife AlteringBeat GenerationYawningBeatnikHippiBest LiteratureCowgirls
Author:Jack Kerouac
Create image

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

PeopleWorldFeelingsNextSkyCrazyAdventureHugeTravelDrivingOptimisticGoodbyeTraveledVentureByeGood ByeInspiring TravelTravel The WorldTravel AdventureSuitcasesAdventure And TravelSpecksLife Is An AdventureNext AdventureDriving Away
Author:Jack Kerouac
Create image

“You have absolutely no regard but yourself and your damned kicks. All you think about is what's hanging between your legs and how much money or fun you can get out of people and then you just throw them aside. Not only that but you're silly about it. It never occurs to you that life is serious and that there are people trying to make something decent out of it instead of just goofing all the time.”

PeopleThinkingTryingLife IsFunSeriousRegardLegsSillyKicksDecent
Book:On the Road
Create image

“I believed in a good home, in sane and sound living, in good food, good times, work, faith and hope. I have always believed in these things. It was with some amazement that I realized I was one of the few people in the world who really believed in these things without going around making a dull middle class philosophy out of it. I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.”

PeopleWorldLifePhilosophyHomeHandsLeftStarsSoundClassCrazyMiddleI RealizedDullGood TimesMiddle ClassSaneHandfulAmazementGood FoodHope And Faith
Author:Jack Kerouac
Create image

“I have the right ideas, but my words are too... complicated. I need to simplify them, so that people won't get lost in the dark when they see and hear them. I want them to shine like beacons of light in a world of overly complicated darkness. One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”

PeopleWorldWantNeedsWritingIdeasLightLostDarkSimpleDarknessOne DayShiningComplicatedSongwritingSimplifyRight WordsBeaconsRight IdeasBeacons Of Light
Author:Jack Kerouac
Create image