In lieu of quoting from Kerouac work for the fiftieth anniversary of his seminal On the Road work, I'll quote from his inspiration:
Mon enfant! I give you my hand!
I give you my love, more precious than money,
I give you myself, before preaching or law,
Will you give me yourself? Will you come travel with me?
Shall we stick by each other as long as we live?
- Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road