I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
JACK LONDON
There 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.
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I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
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No; I did not hate him. The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings. I can say only that I knew the gnawing of a desire for vengeance on him that was a pain in itself and that exceeded all the bounds of language.
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There’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapointments.
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Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
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In a saturated population life is always cheap.
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There 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.
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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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Some sorts of truth are truer than others.
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You stand on dead men’s legs. You’ve never had any of your own. You couldn’t walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly.
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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
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The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
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