Jack Kerouac was an American Novelist born in 1922 and died in 1969. He was a novelist who is often considered a pioneer of the Beat Generation. During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Marine. He was discharged on the grounds of mental issues.
It was during this time he wrote his first novel. It was published forty years after his death. His first novel to be published, however, was ‘The Town and the City”. But he only received widespread popularity and notoriety with his second novel, “On the Road”.
This novel made him a beat icon, and he became an influential figure and inspiration for many celebrities in his time. He published many novels in his time, including various poetry volumes. He is known for his spontaneous prose, and his work covers topics like Jazz, Catholic spirituality, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, promiscuity, and travel.
7+ Jack Kerouac Quotes motivate us
There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.- Jack Kerovac
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A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.- Jack Kerovac
Avoid the world, it’s just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end.- Jack Kerovac
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Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.- Jack Kerovac
Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.- Jack Kerovac
Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.- Jack Kerovac
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Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream.- Jack Kerovac
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.- Jack Kerovac
Things are so hard to figure out when you live from day to day in this feverish and silly world.- Jack Kerovac
The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual the world is.- Jack Kerovac