I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
JACK LONDONThe most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
More Jack London Quotes
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.
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Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
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Affluence means influence.
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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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Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
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A man with a club is a law-maker.
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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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The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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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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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
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Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
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