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On the Road ‧ 1957
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say an uncommon-place thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles...
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker declares a preference for people intensely eager to live, speak and desire, comparing their energy with burning yellow candles. Mad describes this enthusiasm within the passage, not a diagnosis. Readable archived wording and the ellipsis remain without adding a conclusion.
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