Strength is an empty shell.
JACK LONDONBut I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
More Jack London Quotes
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Go strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your heels with the skill and power that reside in you, hit the sea’s breakers, master them, and ride upon their backs as a king should.
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Don’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
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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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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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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me.
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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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But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
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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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It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
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The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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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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He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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