So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
JACK LONDONToo much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
More Jack London Quotes
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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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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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Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
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Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
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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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I’d rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.
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In a saturated population life is always cheap.
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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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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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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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Affluence means influence.
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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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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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