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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

Jack London

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
Affluence means influence.
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Influence Meaning One Liner
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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Avoid Close Desire Dog Fire Herself Man Thrill
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
Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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Age Measurement Old Youth
You look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were.
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Desperate Happiness Hard Work Poor Remember See Success Yourself
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
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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Easy Existence Life Live Place
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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Afraid Choice Heart Live Myself Sing Song Wild
Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
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Death Existence Fear Life Mercy Misunderstood
Life, in a sense, is living and surviving. And all that makes for living and surviving is good. He who follows the fact cannot go astray, while he who has no reverence for the fact wanders afar.
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Goodness Himself Life Live Survive
As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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Growth Hurt Suffering Weakness
Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
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Possession Pursuit Unity
Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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Alone Book Company Friendship Himself Reading
The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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Art Conquer Greatness Man
Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
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Alcohol Normal Truth

One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

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