I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
JACK LONDONHis conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.
More Jack London Quotes
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Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.
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His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.
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I’d rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.
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The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
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Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
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Life, in a sense, is living and surviving. And all that makes for living and surviving is good. He who follows the fact cannot go astray, while he who has no reverence for the fact wanders afar.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
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The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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Affluence means influence.
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Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
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Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
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