Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
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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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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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
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The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
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The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.
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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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Strength is an empty shell.
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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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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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Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
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Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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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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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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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
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Everything is good as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death’s horses they run in span.
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The aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten.
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The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.
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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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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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Not all the monsters have fangs.
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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There’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapointments.
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Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
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