Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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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The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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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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I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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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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The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
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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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Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
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Some sorts of truth are truer than others.
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Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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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 would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
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The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
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