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 dryrot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time
- Jack London, sailor, tramp, gold miner, author, Born on this day in 1876
[On the other hand, London committed suicide at age 40 leading Ford Maddox Ford to say, "Like Peter Pan, he never grew up, and he lived his own stories with such intensity that he ended by believing them himself."]
--As for myself, judging by my appartment, I am fated to dust. Too busy sitting on me ass making cartoons.
