Life, in a sense, is living and surviving. And all that makes for living and surviving is good. He who follows the fact cannot go astray, while he who has no reverence for the fact wanders afar.
JACK LONDONMan rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
More Jack London Quotes
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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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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
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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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Love cannot in its very nature be peaceful or content. It is a restlessness, an unsatisfaction. I can grant a lasting love just as I can grant a lasting unsatisfaction; but the lasting love cannot be coupled with possession, for love is pain and desire and possession is easement and fulfilment.
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
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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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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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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.
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It’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
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I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
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Not all the monsters have fangs.
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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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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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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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