I Saw Clearly That So Long As I Was Still A Human Being And Not Nothingness, I Was Alive And So Could

“I saw clearly that so long as I was still a human being and not nothingness, I was alive and so could suffer, be angry and feel shame at my actions.”

-Fyodor Dostoevsky

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

-Chuck Palahniuk

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... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.

-Jack Kerouac

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

-Jack Kerouac

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.

--Jack Kerouac

“I am told that I am vague and confused, and if I am vague and confused now, what shall I be later on?”

-Fyodor Dostoevsky