I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
JACK LONDONWhite Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
More Jack London Quotes
-
-
The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.
JACK LONDON -
It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.
JACK LONDON -
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.
JACK LONDON -
The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.
JACK LONDON -
Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
JACK LONDON -
The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
JACK LONDON -
Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
JACK LONDON -
But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
JACK LONDON -
I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
JACK LONDON -
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
JACK LONDON -
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
JACK LONDON -
There’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapointments.
JACK LONDON -
Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
JACK LONDON -
A man with a club is a law-maker.
JACK LONDON -
I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the last mosquito you and I squashed.
JACK LONDON







