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.
JACK LONDONDesire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
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In a saturated population life is always cheap.
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The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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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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As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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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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A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
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Some sorts of truth are truer than others.
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Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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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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I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
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