Strength is an empty shell.
JACK LONDONThe greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
More Jack London Quotes
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No; I did not hate him. The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings. I can say only that I knew the gnawing of a desire for vengeance on him that was a pain in itself and that exceeded all the bounds of language.
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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
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Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don’t get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it.
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She was thrilling to a desire that urged her to go forward, to be in closer to that fire, to be squabbling with the dogs, and to be avoiding and dodging the stumbling feet of men.
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The aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten.
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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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You stand on dead men’s legs. You’ve never had any of your own. You couldn’t walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly.
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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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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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