“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.”
~ Jack Kerouac, born Jean-Louis Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), On the Road
Source: American Society of Authors and Writers, It Happened in History: Jack Kerouac
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“It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it?”
~ L. M. Montgomery (aka, Lucy Maud Montgomery)
“In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply from happening to be there.”
~ Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord
Source: Quotable Quotes
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