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a tumblr dedicated to jack kerouac and his work. ~~~ "What's your road, man? — holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow."

[larmoyante]

Will you love me in December as you do in May?

Jack Kerouac (via larmoyante)

[luminesencia]

It’s all too much and not enough at the same time.

Jack Kerouac (via luminesencia)

[madmanroad]

10 Jack Kerouac Quotes for Secret Optimists

On the eve of the anniversary of his death, Biographile honors the life and works of Jack Kerouac with this list of ten surprisingly uplifting quotes from the iconic writer.

[jazzcatjack]

Jack Kerouac

[liveaswanderlust]

Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, running—that’s the way to live.

The Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac (via liveaswanderlust)

[wordsnquotes]

CLASSIC OF THE DAY:

Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac

Amazon: 3.78/5

Goodreads: 4/5

As he travels through the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Jack Kerouac records his journey and observation through his stunning prose and quench for beauty.

It left me breathless as his stream-of-conscious benny-induced hysteria always does. I find I read faster as the tempo prompts by run-on sentences and staccato phrases crescendo and then..it’s over. I realize I haven’t taken a breath in some time and my lungs are on fire. And I collapse in a heap of fatigue delirium and satisfaction and I understand. You don’t read Kerouac. You experience him, you breathe him, you ingest him. He becomes part of you. And if you disagree, well..we just can’t be friends.

by guest reviewer Jennifer Barrett 

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[Illustrations by Pete Lloyd]

[cosmicwizdom]

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[madmanroad]

predatorywaspobserver:

Jack Kerouac sleeping (photograph by Robert Frank, 1958) 

“You don’t realize what a strain it is on the nerves to write or think-of-writing all day long, and to sleep full of nervous dreams, and to wake up not knowing who one is: - this all stems from anxiety about finishing the book, about time ‘growing short’ , etc., and the perpetual strain of invention.” 

- Kerouac in his notebook (February 6, 1948) 

[jackkerrouac]

- On the road, Jack Kerouac

[wordsnquotes]

I felt free and therefore I was free.

Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums  (via wordsnquotes)

[victoriajoan]

Allow me my soul somehow, yet love me.

Jack Kerouac, from Windblown World (via victoriajoan)

[jazzcatjack]

“No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength. Learning for instance, to eat when he’s hungry and sleep when he’s sleepy.” ~ Jack Kerouac, Lonesome Traveler

[jazzcatjack]

Jack Kerouac

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Jack Kerouac, Big Sur

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Jack Kerouac & Allen Ginsberg in NYC (1959)

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Isaac Gewirtz-Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac On the Road-2007

[wordsnquotes]

Goddammit everybody in the world wants an explanation for your acts and for your very being.

Jack Kerouac, On The Road (via victoriajoan)