Living Every Moment

"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