A Literary Quotation

I went through a period where I was a huge Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) fan back in my younger days. I still find him a fascinating figure and compelling writer, especially when he's riffing like this:

“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!”