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The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.

Jack London

Everything is good as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death’s horses they run in span.
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Capture Death Goodness Possession Run
Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
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Himself Kind Man Place Value Woman
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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Card Deep Goodness Hands Hard Time Hold Inspirational Life Perspective Play Poor
As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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Growth Hurt Suffering Weakness
The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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Law Lie Man Shame
It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.
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Easy Existence Life Live Place
White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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Law Obedience Oppression Strong Weakness
I would rather be ashes than dust.
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Choice Fire Myself
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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Choice Glow Myself Personality Science Sleep Space
Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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Choice Life Meaning Myself Short Sing Song
Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
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Desire Pain Possession Seek
But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
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Change Judgement Kind Man Myself Taste
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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Description Feeling Hate Language Myself Strong Weakness Word
I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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Live Myself Self Love Thinking World Worth
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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Existence Function Live Man One Liner
His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.
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Appearance Experience Fear Himself Inheritance Nature Strength Trust Unknown

The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.

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