the dharma bums by jack kerouac

quote #1
-"He said nothing and went on. I saw him collapse and pant and get up and make his run again."

i found this quote important but also very interesting since it describes the kind of person he is. as they were climbing the mountain, he collapsed and he was obviously having trouble. This quote shows that he never lets go. He will finish was he started. So he got up and kept running.

Quote #2
-"I nudged myself closer into the ledge and closed my eyes and thought 'Oh what a life this is, why do we have to be born in the first place, and only so we can have our poor gentle flesh laid out to such impossible horrors as huge mountains and rock and empty space,' and with horror I remembered the famous Zen saying, 'When you get to the top of a mountain, keep climbing.' The saying made my hair stand on end; it had been such cute poetry sitting on Alvah's straw mats."

This quote describes his journey and what he was thinking of. i found the best part of this quote was the "zen" saying. It can mean many things, but to me, it means that no matter what you do, there will always be more to concur. It shows a lot of strength and shows that these people think ahead and logically.