Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
JACK LONDONNo; 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.
More Jack London Quotes
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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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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Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
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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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The function of man is to live, not to 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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The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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You stand on dead men’s legs. You’ve never had any of your own. You couldn’t walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly.
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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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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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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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