But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
JACK LONDONBut I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
JACK LONDONKill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time.
JACK LONDONThere 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.
JACK LONDONHaving no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
JACK LONDONA good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
JACK LONDONThe word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
JACK LONDONLife, in a sense, is living and surviving. And all that makes for living and surviving is good. He who follows the fact cannot go astray, while he who has no reverence for the fact wanders afar.
JACK LONDONThe function of man is to live, not to exist.
JACK LONDONThe scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
JACK LONDONI would rather be ashes than dust.
JACK LONDONWhere others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
JACK LONDONStrength is an empty shell.
JACK LONDONThe Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
JACK LONDONShe was thrilling to a desire that urged her to go forward, to be in closer to that fire, to be squabbling with the dogs, and to be avoiding and dodging the stumbling feet of men.
JACK LONDONYou can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
JACK LONDONThe 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.
JACK LONDON