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.
JACK LONDONSocialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.
More Jack London Quotes
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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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Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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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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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me.
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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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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A man with a club is a law-maker.
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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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To be able to forget means sanity.
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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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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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Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.
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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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