When the dance is through, its me and you

I LOVE ON THE ROAD. I am actually obsessed with Jack Kerouac. I love his prose, no matter how pretentious it may be. I love the way his writing sucks me in. I love his way of taking what Ive observed and putting it into the perfect words- expressing my concerns. I just love him. Here are my favorite quotes:

"They have worries, they're counting the miles, they're thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they'll get there — and all the time they'll get there anyway, you see. But they need to worry and betray time with urgencies false and otherwise, purely anxious and whiny, their souls really won't be at peace until they can latch on to an established and proven worry and having once found it they assume facial expressions to fit and go with it, which is, you see, unhappiness, and all the time it all flits by them and they know it and that too worries them no end."

"What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? — it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-by. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies."

"They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because 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 that 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!"" (gotta include this one, but I feel like a douche because ever poser likes this quote)

"We turned at a dozen paces, for love is a duel, and looked at each other for the last time."

"Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk — real straight talk about souls, for life is holy and every moment is precious."

The first quote is my worst fear for my life, and the second one is exactly how I feel right now. I just love this damn book.