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.
JACK LONDONThe scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
More Jack London Quotes
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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time.
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A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
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Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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Life, in a sense, is living and surviving. And all that makes for living and surviving is good. He who follows the fact cannot go astray, while he who has no reverence for the fact wanders afar.
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
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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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Don’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
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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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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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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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Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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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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