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Jack London

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Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?
Jack London
Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
Jack London
One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
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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. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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In a saturated population life is always cheap.
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
Jack London
The proper function of man is to live not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
Jack London
A 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 London
He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
Jack London
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living this ecstasy comes when one is most alive and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
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San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.
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I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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If cash comes with fame come fame if cash comes without fame come cash.
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Affluence means influence.
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Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.
Jack London
Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Jack London
If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
Jack London
A 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 London
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Jack London
Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
Jack London
Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.
Jack London
You cant wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Jack London
Love, genuine passionate love, was his for the first time.
Jack London

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