"The one thing we yearn for in our living days, that thing that makes us sigh and groan and undergo sweet nauseas of all kinds, is the rememberance of some lost bliss that was probably experienced in the womb and can only be reproduced in death. But who wants to die?..." - 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 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!â€
"My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary." -Martin Luther
"Remember those posters that said, "Today is the first day of the rest of your life"? Well, that's true of every day but one - the day you die." - Lester Burnham
"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws." ~Ayn Rand
"For a man to leave his mark in the world he had better have a tough core of righteousness which he should allow nothing to scar; neither the lure of money nor the pursuit of pride. He had better identify his enemies quickly and beat them down before they have a chance to so the same to him. He should know when to keep quiet. A man can assess the essence of conversations with others; that there is a lower order of life and a higher. And he should be instinctively drawn to the latter." - James Michener
"We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances." - Rachel Corrie