Raquel

“...and I shambled after as usual as I’ve been doing all my life after people that interest me, because the only people that interest me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yearn or say a commonplace thing ... but burn, burn, burn like Roman candles across the night.”
― Ann Charters, On the Road

“She was eighteen and most lovely, and lost.

Chapter 11”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“We’ve got a long way to go,” preambled Dean, “and so you must take every indulgence and deal with every single detail you can bring to mind—and still it won’t all be told.
Part 4 Chapter 4”
― Jack Kerouac

“In my madness I was actually in love with her for the few hours it all lasted;

Part 4, Chapter 5”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road