The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy. Jack Kerouac More Quotes by Jack Kerouac More Quotes From Jack Kerouac The bartenders are the regular band of Jack, and the heavenly drummer who looks up to the sky with blue eyes, with a beard, is wailing beer-caps of bottles and jamming on the cash register and everything is going to the beat - It's the beat generation, its béat, it's the beat to keep, it's the beat of the heart, it's being beat and down in the world and like oldtime lowdown. Jack Kerouac eyebeerheart I think it's all lovely hallucination but I love it sorta. Jack Kerouac hallucinationslovelythinking But I remember seeing a mess of leaves suddenly go skittering in the wind and into the creek, then floating rapidly down the creek towards the sea, making me feel a nameless horror even then of 'Oh my God, we're all being swept away to sea no matter what we know or say or do Jack Kerouac matterseawind We were all delighted, we all realized we were leaving confusion and nonsense behind and performing our one and noble function of the time, move. Jack Kerouac leavingconfusionmoving Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind. Jack Kerouac being-crazycrazymind It is possible for the human spirit to win after all. Jack Kerouac humansspiritwinning Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea. Jack Kerouac swimmingeyesea The truth of the matter is, you die, all you do is die, and yet you live, yes you live, and that's no Harvard lie. Jack Kerouac harvardmatterlying Jumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you just can't fall when you get into the rhythm of the dance. Jack Kerouac bouldersjumpingfall Ray, what you got to do is go climb a mountain. Jack Kerouac climbsmountainrays A scene should be selected by the writer for haunted-ness-of-mind interest. If you're not haunted by something, as by a dream, a vision, or a memory, which are involuntary, you're not interested or even involved. Jack Kerouac minddreammemories The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words. Jack Kerouac pageswisdomlong When you've understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can't understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom. Jack Kerouac scripturepositivitywisdom Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind. Jack Kerouac mindwantwriting Swinging on delicate hinges the autumn leaf almost off the stem. Jack Kerouac leafsautumnfall I just won't sleep," I decided. There were so many other interesting things to do. Jack Kerouac wisdomsleepinteresting The road must eventually lead to the whole world. Jack Kerouac wholeworldtravel Dean's California--wild, sweaty, important, the land of lonely and exiled and eccentric lovers come to forgather like birds, and the land where everybody somehow looked like broken-down, handsome, decadent movie actors. Jack Kerouac californialonelyland Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy Jack Kerouac notebooksecretjoy The empty blue sky of space says 'All this comes back to me, then goes again, and comes back again, then goes again, and I don't care, it still belongs to me Jack Kerouac spacewisdomsky
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