I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me.
JACK LONDONThe scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
More Jack London Quotes
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And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.
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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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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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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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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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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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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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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.
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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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Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
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Affluence means influence.
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Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
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Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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