Best Jack London Quotations
- My mistake was in ever opening the books. Book
- The trouble with him was that he was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things,… Able
- He was not immoral, but merely unmoral. Funny
- I was jealous; therefore I loved. Funny
- Pray do not interrupt me," he wrote. "I am smiling. Funny
- And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know. Ceased
- Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read. Companion
- [Speaking to a group of wealthy New Yorkers] A million years ago, the cave man, without tools, with small brain, and with nothing but the… Ago
- So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you. Down
- The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life. Awakening
- He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in… Aglow
- Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on. Drove
- 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… Afraid
- Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself? Life
- 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… Ashes
- Affluence means influence. Affluence
- The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class. Class
- 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… Acres
- One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself. Cannot Violate
- I wrote a thousand words every day Day