Today is the birthday of Jean-Louis "Jack" Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), novelist and poet. He was a leading figure and spokesman of the Beat Generation writers. His best known novel is On the Road, (1957)."Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream."
— Jack Kerouac
"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."
— Jack Kerouac
"I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once that far down, everyone will understand because they are the same that far down."
— Jack Kerouac
"All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together."
— Jack Kerouac
"Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road."
— Jack Kerouac
"Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars."
— Jack Kerouac
"the road is life"
— Jack Kerouac
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