White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
JACK LONDONHe was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.
More Jack London Quotes
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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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Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
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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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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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Go strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your heels with the skill and power that reside in you, hit the sea’s breakers, master them, and ride upon their backs as a king should.
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Strength is an empty shell.
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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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Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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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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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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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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In a saturated population life is always cheap.
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