The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
JACK LONDONAs one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
More Jack London Quotes
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Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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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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It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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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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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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But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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You look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were.
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The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
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Strength is an empty shell.
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
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