I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
JACK LONDONAnd 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.
More Jack London Quotes
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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
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Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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In a saturated population life is always cheap.
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Affluence means influence.
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The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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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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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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But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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