Showing posts with label jack Kerouac. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jack Kerouac. Show all posts

Sunday, December 4, 2011

On the Road


“[...] the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!' What did they call such young people in Goethe's Germany?”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

From Atop an Underwood


“The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words.” 
― Jack Kerouac, Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings