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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.

Quotes from Jack Kerouac

I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.

—Jack Kerouac

world craziness

All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.

—Jack Kerouac

imagination dreams mankind

Do you know there's a road that goes down to Mexico and all the way to Panama? And maybe all the way to the bottom of South America where the Indians are seven feet tall and eat cocaine on the mountainside? Yes! You and I, Sal, we'd dig the whole world with a car like this because, man, the road must eventually lead to the whole world. Ain't nowhere else it can go—right?

—Jack Kerouac

I'm not going to quit. Why should I quit? This country is worth fighting for.

—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

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

—Jack Kerouac