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But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind

Jack London

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.
JACK LONDON

Couple Desire Fulfill Love Nature Pain Peace Possession Satisfaction
It’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
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Alone Better Choice Support Yourself
So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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End Play Yourself
The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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Class God Himself Mom
I would rather be ashes than dust.
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Choice Fire Myself
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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Afraid Choice Heart Live Myself Sing Song Wild
Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
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Himself Kind Man Place Value Woman
Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don’t get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it.
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Achievement Appearance Inspirational Invitation Light Yourself
Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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Art Deep Existence Love Reason
One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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Nature Oneself Philosophy Violence
The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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Law Lie Man Shame
Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
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Behavior Character Cruelty Intelligence Man Stupidity
She 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.
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Avoid Close Desire Dog Fire Herself Man Thrill
Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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Encouragement Fear Growth Himself
Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
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Man Poet Writing
Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
JACK LONDON

Desire Pain Possession Seek

But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind

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