Big Sur Quotes

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  • It was here in Big Sur that I first learned to say 'amen.'

    Big Sur   Firsts   Bigs  
    Henry Miller (1957). “Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch”, p.32, New Directions Publishing
  • This morning I saw a coyote walking through the sagebrush right at the very edge of the ocean ― next stop China. The coyote was acting like he was in New Mexico or Wyoming, except that there were whales passing below. That’s what this country does for you. Come down to Big Sur and let your soul have some room to get outside its marrow.

    Country   Morning   Ocean  
    Richard Brautigan (1964). “Richard Brautigan's A Confederate General from Big Sur, Dreaming of Babylon, and The Hawkline Monster: Three Books in the Manner of Their Original Editions”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

  • This is the way life goes in Big Sur. Waiting for the mail, watching the sea-lions in the surf or the freighters on the horizon, sitting in the tubs at Hot Springs, once in a while a bit of drink - and, most of the time, working at what ever it is that you came here to work on, whether it be painting, writing, gardening or the simple art of living your own life.

    Art   Spring   Writing  
    Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.276, Ballantine Books
  • For a metaphysical treat stop at the Big Sur Inn, which is also a haven for stray cats and dogs. Life along the South Coast is just a bed of roses, with a few thorns and nettles interspersed.

    Dog   Travel   Cat  
  • On soft Spring nights I'll stand in the yard under the stars - Something good will come out of all things yet - And it will be golden and eternal just like that - There's no need to say another word.

    Wisdom   Stars   Spring  
    Jack Kerouac (2012). “Big Sur (Annotated)”, p.170, BookBaby
  • It always makes me proud to love the world somehow- hate's so easy compared.

    Wisdom   Hate   World  
    Jack Kerouac (2012). “Big Sur (Annotated)”, p.113, BookBaby
  • All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

    Men   Land   Big Sur  
    Jack Kerouac (1992). “Pomes All Sizes: Pocket Poets Number 48”, p.158, City Lights Books
  • I can tell that the Greater Yellowstone from the Tetons, to the Lamar Valley where wolves howl and grizzlies roam, acts as my spine, my range of memory that ties me to landscape of Other. And that the ocean from the rocky coast of Maine, to the Florida everglades, to the looming cliffs at Big Sur, sustain me, remind me we are nothing without salt water, wind, and waves.

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  • I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.

    Wisdom   Race   Big Sur  
    Jack Kerouac (2012). “Big Sur (Annotated)”, p.133, BookBaby
  • Big Sur is a fascinating place. It is one of the true power places in America.

  • 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.

    Life   Girl   Wisdom  
    Jack Kerouac (2007). “On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.176, Penguin
  • The first sip [of tea] is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.

    Joy   Serenity   Tea  
    Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.67, Penguin
  • Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

    Crazy   People   Big Sur  
  • I thought Big Sur would be a great break after the tour. You'd walk down this rickety ladder to this not-very-pretty beach scene; crashing waves, moss-covered rocks, weird ocean life. It was scary. It summed up alot of things in my life, like 'I should be enjoying this, but I'm not.

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