The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
JACK LONDONThe greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
JACK LONDONSome sorts of truth are truer than others.
JACK LONDONKill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time.
JACK LONDONI was five years old the first time I got drunk.
JACK LONDONI write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me.
JACK LONDONAnd how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.
JACK LONDONYou can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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.
JACK LONDONHe was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
JACK LONDONLove is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
JACK LONDONBut I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
JACK LONDONThe 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 LONDONWhite Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
JACK LONDONAs one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
JACK LONDONA man with a club is a law-maker.
JACK LONDONThe Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.
JACK LONDON