They say

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 the fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.
- Jack Kerouac

Our faith comes in moments; our vice habitual. Yet there is depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality to them than to all other experiences.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott

You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can and make the best of it.
- Sandra Cisneros

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
- Randy Pausch