She was thrilling to a desire that urged her to go forward, to be in closer to that fire, to be squabbling with the dogs, and to be avoiding and dodging the stumbling feet of men.
JACK LONDONAffluence means influence.
More Jack London Quotes
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Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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Don’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me.
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Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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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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The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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Affluence means influence.
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In a saturated population life is always cheap.
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You 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.
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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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Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
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