The aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten.
JACK LONDONThe aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten.
JACK LONDONA good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
JACK LONDONPursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
JACK LONDONThe most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
JACK LONDONMercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
JACK LONDONThe greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
JACK LONDONDon’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
JACK LONDONMan rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
JACK LONDONOne cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
JACK LONDONIf cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
JACK LONDONThe scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
JACK LONDONIt’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
JACK LONDONThere’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapointments.
JACK LONDONI’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.
JACK LONDONSome sorts of truth are truer than others.
JACK LONDONSocialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.
JACK LONDON