I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze that 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 the man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.

-Jack London- William Penn