Atop An Underwood Quotes & Sayings

A poet is a blind optimist.
The world is against him for
many reasons. But the
poet persists. He believes
that he is on the right track,
no matter what any of his
fellow men say. In his
eternal search for truth, the
poet is alone.
He tries to be timeless in a
society built on time. — Jack Kerouac

I'd be the best mum ever. I would. I've got great training from my mum. — Kelly Osbourne

I was amazed by the fact that I was not the only writer living, not the only young man "with a locomotive in his chest, and that's a fact," not the only youth with a million hungers and not one of them appeasable, not the only one who is lonely among multitudes, and does not know why. — Jack Kerouac

I want Pinterest to be human. The Internet's still so abstract ... To me, boards are a very human way of looking at the world. — Ben Silbermann

This is a thing which astonishes me no end, but affects you not. — Jack Kerouac

There's more than one way to share pleasure."
She was quiet for a long moment. "How many ways?"
He rolled onto his side to face her, skimming a single finger from her breastbone to her belly. Here's an idea. I'll demonstrate them, and you keep count. — Tessa Dare

Once you make a conscious connection between your physical personality (what you know as you here in this body) and the Eternal Non-Physical Consciousness (what is really You), you can then get on with the reason you were born into this physical life experience. — Esther

Please don't give me words; give me a hug. Don't tell me that I'm holding up so well; break down with me and admit our shared wretchedness. Don't feign some bright mountaintop; walk with me through the dark valley where neither of us can utter a word. — Robert Dykstra

I am young now and can look upon my body and soul with pride. But it will be mangled soon, and later it will begin to disintegrate, and then I shall die, and die conclusively. How can we face such a fact, and not live in fear? — Jack Kerouac

Shakespeare's work had a liberating influence. — Paul C. Nagel

Did you ever stand on a street corner in American at five o'clock in the morning?
I did. — Jack Kerouac

A man cannot impart the true feeling of things to others unless he himself has experienced what he is trying to tell of. — Jack Kerouac

When you hear developers say, 'We don't have time to do it right.' Translation: 'We have plenty of time to do it wrong. — Nathaniel Palmer

The Grim Reaper isn't grim at all; he's a life-saver. He isn't grim because he isn't anything ... he is nothing. And nothing is a hell of a lot better than anything. So long, boys. — Jack Kerouac Atop An Underwood Early Stories And Other Writings

What is even more worrying still is George Osborne's breathtakingly complacent response to today's figures. This is a Chancellor who is in total denial. — Ed Balls