“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 (born: 12 January 1876)
"Just once before I die I want to climb up on a tenement sky to dream my lungs out 'til I cry then scatter my ashes thru the Lower East Side." - Miguel Pinero (born: 19 December 1946)
"Just once before I die I want to climb up on a tenement sky to dream my lungs out till I cry then scatter my ashes thru the Lower East Side." - Miguel Pinero (died: 16 June1988)
"Just once before I die I want to climb up on a tenement sky to dream my lungs out 'til I cry then scatter my ashes thru the Lower East Side." - Miguel Pinero (born: 19 December 1946)
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. - J.R.R. Tolkien (died: 2 September 1973)
"Just once before I die I want to climb up on a tenement sky to dream my lungs out 'til I cry then scatter my ashes thru the Lower East Side." - Miguel Pinero (died: 16 June 1988)