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> [I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/i-would-rather-be-ashes-than-dust-i-would-rather-that-my-spark-should/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/i-would-rather-that-my-spark-should-burn-out-in-a-brilliant-blaze/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

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## More by Jack London

> [It's better to stand by someone's side than by yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/it-s-better-to-stand-by-someone-s-side-than-by-yourself/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [“And all the while the four men lay beside me and watched and made no move. Nor did I move, and without shame I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/and-all-the-while-the-four-men-lay-beside-me-and-watched-and-made-no/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [“As the days went by, the evolution of LIKE into LOVE was accelerated. White Fang himself began to grow aware of it, though in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/as-the-days-went-by-the-evolution-of-like-into-love-was-accelerated/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [My life shall be free and broad and great, and I will not be the slave to the sense delights which chained my ancient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/my-life-shall-be-free-and-broad-and-great-and-i-will-not-be-the-slave/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [“But he knew life, its foulness as well as its fairness, its greatness in spite of the slime that infested it, and by God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/but-he-knew-life-its-foulness-as-well-as-its-fairness-its-greatness/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [more you drink more you want](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/more-you-drink-more-you-want/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [Of her own experience she had no memory of the thing happening; but in her instinct, which was the experience of all mothers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/of-her-own-experience-she-had-no-memory-of-the-thing-happening-but-in/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/socialism-when-the-last-word-is-said-is-merely-a-new-economic-and/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [“As I, my real self, grew older, I entered more and more into the substance of my dreams. One may dream, and even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/as-i-my-real-self-grew-older-i-entered-more-and-more-into-the/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [A good soldier is a blind, heartless, soulless, murderous machine. He is not a man. His is not a brute, for brutes kill only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/a-good-soldier-is-a-blind-heartless-soulless-murderous-machine-he-is/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [I would rather be ashes than dust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/i-would-rather-be-ashes-than-dust/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [“I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/i-believe-that-when-i-am-dead-i-am-dead-i-believe-that-with-my-death/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [“He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/he-wastes-his-time-over-his-writing-trying-to-accomplish-what/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [“Strength is an empty shell. One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself. Show me a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/strength-is-an-empty-shell-one-cannot-violate-the-promptings-of-one-s/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-london/i-d-rather-sing-one-wild-song-and-burst-my-heart-with-it-than-live-a/)

[Jack London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-london/)

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