Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed … - Jack Kerouac

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I believe that man is the product of natural evolution that is born from the conflict of being a prisoner and separated from nature, and from the need to find unity and harmony with it.

Jack Kerouac

Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.

Drafted, Gave, Ink, Life Worth Living, Living On, Pen

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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.

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The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.

Hippie, Mad, People, Talk, Yawning

Night is longer than day for those who dream & day is longer than night for those who make their dreams comes true.

Day, Dream, Good Night, Goodnight, Make, True

I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. 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.

Belief, Deep, Silly, Understand, Want

What does it mean that I am in this endless universe, thinking that I'm a man sitting under the stars on the terrace of the earth, but actually empty and awake throughout the emptiness and awakedness of everything? It means that I'm empty and awake, that I know I'm empty and awake, and that there's no difference between me and anything else.

Earth, Mean, Men, Sitting, Stars, Under

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