On the Road Quotes

“Because 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!»”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“(...) porque as únicas pessoas autênticas, para mim, são as loucas, as que estão loucas por viver, loucas por falar, loucas por serem salvas, desejosas de tudo ao mesmo tempo, as que não bocejam nem dizem nenhum lugar -comum, mas ardem, ardem, ardem como fabulosas grinaldas amarelas de fogo-de-artifício a explodir, semelhantes a aranhas, através das estrelas e, no meio, vê-se o clarão azul a estourar e toda a gente exclama: «Aaaah!»”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“Most of the time we were alone and mixing up our souls ever more and ever more till it would be terribly hard to say good-by.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road