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.
JACK LONDONI’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.
More Jack London Quotes
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Strength is an empty shell.
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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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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time.
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He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
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Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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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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The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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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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It’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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