"He had come to know quite thoroughly the……" — Jack London
"He had come to know quite thoroughly the world in which he lived. His outlook was bleak and materialistic. The world as he saw it was a fierce and brutal world, a world without warmth, a world in which caresses and affection and the bright sweetness of spirit did not exist."
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95 Quotes by Jack London
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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to…
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just…
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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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Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the…
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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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 that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze…
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A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold…
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