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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.

Jack London

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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Alive Beyond Forget Life Live Oneself Rise
I would rather be ashes than dust.
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Choice Fire Myself
White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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Law Obedience Oppression Strong Weakness
Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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Encouragement Fear Growth Himself
Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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Alone Book Company Friendship Himself Reading
To be able to forget means sanity.
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Forget One Liner Peace Sanity
It’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
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Alone Better Choice Support Yourself
The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.
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Ghost Greatness Life Silence Wake Up Way Winter
So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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End Play Yourself
Strength is an empty shell.
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Empty One Liner Strength
Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.
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Design Man Myself Past Skin
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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Couple Desire Fulfill Love Nature Pain Peace Possession Satisfaction
Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don’t get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it.
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Achievement Appearance Inspirational Invitation Light Yourself
Some sorts of truth are truer than others.
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Deep Philosophy True
Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
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Possession Pursuit Unity
He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
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Fury Himself Silence Tame

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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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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