Echo Mah

“What do you want out of life?" I asked, and I used to ask that all the time of girls.
I don't know," she said. "Just wait on tables and try to get along." She yawned. I put my hand over her mouth and told her not to yawn. I tried to tell her how excited I was about life and the things we could do together; saying that, and planning to leave Denver in two days. She turned away wearily. We lay on our backs, looking at the ceiling and wondering what God had wrought when He made life so sad.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.”
― Jack Kerouac, Big Sur

“The best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“be careful when choosing what you're proud of - because the world had every intention of using it against you”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility