And so we learn, finally, the heavy price he paid to be able to write those most famous lines in "On the Road": "... 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. ... "
From the article - Real Kerouac / The Beat writer's journals reveal a man apart from his persona
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