As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
JACK LONDONPursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
More Jack London Quotes
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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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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.
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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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But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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It’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
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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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Strength is an empty shell.
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The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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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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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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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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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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