Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
JACK LONDONHaving no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
JACK LONDONI do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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.
JACK LONDONOne cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
JACK LONDONA good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
JACK LONDONNo; 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.
JACK LONDONStrength is an empty shell.
JACK LONDONBut I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
JACK LONDONShow me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.
JACK LONDONA bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
JACK LONDONThe greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
JACK LONDONYou stand on dead men’s legs. You’ve never had any of your own. You couldn’t walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly.
JACK LONDONIn a saturated population life is always cheap.
JACK LONDONLife is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
JACK LONDONYou can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
JACK LONDONI was five years old the first time I got drunk.
JACK LONDON