Jack Kerouac Quotes

Most popular Jack Kerouac Quotes

All of life is a foreign country. - Jack Kerouac quote.
All of life is a foreign country.
— Jack Kerouac The Beat Vision: A Primary Sourcebook

life

Believe in the holy contour of life. - Jack Kerouac quote.
Believe in the holy contour of life.
— Jack Kerouac

spiritual

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. - Jack Kerouac quote.
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
— Jack Kerouac

apathy moderation

Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night? - Jack Kerouac quote.
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
— Jack Kerouac

cars

I'm Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death. - Jack Kerouac quote.
I'm Catholic and I can't commit suicide, but I plan to drink myself to death.
— Jack Kerouac

religion

There is something brown and holy about the East; and California is white, like washlines, and emptyheaded. - Jack Kerouac quote.
There is something brown and holy about the East; and California is white, like washlines, and emptyheaded.
— Jack Kerouac On the Road

California

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

Travel

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, and in the middle, you see the blue centerlight pop, and everybody goes Awww! - Jack Kerouac quote.
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, and in the middle, you see the blue centerlight pop, and everybody goes Awww!
— Jack Kerouac

people aim high