At night in this part of the West the stars, as I had seen them in Wyoming, were … - Jack Kerouac

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Jack Kerouac

At night in this part of the West the stars, as I had seen them in Wyoming, were as big as Roman Candles and as lonely as the Prince who's lost his ancestral home and journeys across the spaces trying to find it again, and knows he never will.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!

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You know, sometimes when you're too close to someone, it's hard to see who they really are.

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