"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 Kerouac
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"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.“
-Jack Kerouac
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"Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow."
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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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"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."
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"All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together."
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