Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
JACK LONDONHe had come to know quite thoroughly the world in which he lived. His outlook was bleak and materialistic. The world as he saw it was a fierce and brutal world, a world without warmth, a world in which caresses and affection and the bright sweetness of spirit did not exist.
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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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Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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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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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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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.
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Not all the monsters have fangs.
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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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Affluence means influence.
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But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
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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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