Quotes from Jack Kerouac

All of life is a foreign country.

We agreed to love each other madly.

I petted the dogs who didn't argue with me ever. All dogs love God. They're wiser than their masters.

Man lowers his head and lunges into civilization, forgetting the days of his infancy when he sought truth in a snowflake or a stick. Man forgets the wisdom of the child.

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.

Soon I'll find the right words, they'll be very simple.

It'll take you eternities to get rid of me,' she adds sadly, which makes me jealous, I want her to say I'll never get rid of her - I wanta be chased till eternity till I catch her.

But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?

My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness.

They have worries, they're counting the miles, they're thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they'll get there - and all the time they'll get there anyway, you see.

It's not that I can't fall in love. It's really that I can't help falling in love with too many things all at once. So, you must understand why I can't distinguish between what's platonic and what isn't, because it's all too much and not enough at the same time.

Things are so hard to figure out when you live from day to day in this feverish and silly world.