On the Road: The Original Scroll
Jack Kerouac
Top 10 Best Quotes
“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.”
“The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, that I thought I was in a dream.”
“My whole wretched life swam before my weary eyes, and I realized no matter what you do it's bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might as well go mad.”
“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.”
“This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.”
“Things are so hard to figure out when you live from day to day in this feverish and silly world. ”
“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.”
“All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.”
“I wished I was on the same bus as her. A pain stabbed my heart as it did everytime I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world of ours.”
“I looked up at the dark sky and prayed to God for a better break in life and a better chance to do something for the little people I loved. ”
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