But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
JACK LONDONHaving no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
More Jack London Quotes
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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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Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.
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I’d rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.
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Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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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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Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
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The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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The aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten.
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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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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Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
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I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the last mosquito you and I squashed.
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Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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