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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

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.
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Alive Beyond Forget Life Live Oneself Rise
Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
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Himself Kind Man Place Value Woman
He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.
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Alone Himself Kill Live Prey Strength Strong Survive Virtue
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.
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Existence Inspirational Life Live Man Myself Proper Time Try Wasted
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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Choice Glow Myself Personality Science Sleep Space
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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Description Feeling Hate Language Myself Strong Weakness Word
A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
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Better Goodness Joke Measurement Poem Quick
Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.
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Design Man Myself Past Skin
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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Existence Function Live Man One Liner
Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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Art Deep Existence Love Reason
The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
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Description Feeling Language Myself Weakness Word
Love cannot in its very nature be peaceful or content. It is a restlessness, an unsatisfaction. I can grant a lasting love just as I can grant a lasting unsatisfaction; but the lasting love cannot be coupled with possession, for love is pain and desire and possession is easement and fulfilment.
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Couple Desire Fulfill Love Nature Pain Peace Possession Satisfaction
Don’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
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Concentration Focus Story Writing
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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Animal Eat Food Life Live
Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.
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Eat Economics Food Man Politics System Word
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.
JACK LONDON

Afraid Choice Heart Live Myself Sing Song Wild

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