Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
JACK LONDONHis 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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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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Strength is an empty shell.
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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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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To be able to forget means sanity.
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As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
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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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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
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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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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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