Two of the greatest American novels of the 20th century (and compare these quotes):
"[T]he 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 everyone goes 'Awww!'" (Jack Kerouac, On The Road)
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further … And one fine morning -
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past..." (F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby) |
