I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should
burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I
would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow,
than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not
to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. -Jack London |