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Ashes to ashes We don't clean the dust But we do what we can And we do what we must....
Burt Glinn Entrance to the Beat Hangout, the Seven Arts Coffee Gallery, 9th Ave Near Times Square, New York City 1959
My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
--Jack Kerouac
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
Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.
-Jack Kerouac
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
-Jack Kerouac
Maybe self-improvement isn’t the answer, maybe self-destruction is the answer.
-Chuck Palahniuk
I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I’d never have.
-Chuck Palahniuk
