I would rather be ashes than dust.
JACK LONDONI would rather be ashes than dust.
JACK LONDONPursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
JACK LONDONWhite Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
JACK LONDONHaving no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
JACK LONDONHe was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
JACK LONDONAlcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
JACK LONDONDon’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
JACK LONDONA man with a club is a law-maker.
JACK LONDONIt’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
JACK LONDONLife, 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.
JACK LONDONThe greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
JACK LONDONYou can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
JACK LONDONMercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
JACK LONDONDon’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.
JACK LONDONDesire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
JACK LONDONNot all the monsters have fangs.
JACK LONDON