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Jack London quotes: In his gambling, he had one besetting weakness faith in a system; and this made his damnation certain. In his gambling, he had one besetting weakness
faith in a system; and this made his damnation certain.
Jack London quotes: And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know. And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know.
Jack London quotes: Sled shot downhill at their heels. Sled shot downhill at their heels.
Jack London quotes: Life that did not yearn toward life was in fair way toward ceasing. Life that did not yearn toward life was in fair way toward ceasing.
Jack London quotes: Too many thousands of opened books yawned between them and him. He had exiled himself. Too many thousands of opened books yawned between them and him. He had exiled himself.
Jack London quotes: He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in their significances. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in their significances.
Jack London quotes: For the pride of trace and trail was his, and sick unto death, he could not bear that another dog should do his work. For the pride of trace and trail was his, and sick unto death, he could not bear that another dog should do his work.
Jack London quotes: Took out six fish. One Ear didn't get no fish. I came back to the bag afterward an' got 'm his fish." "We've Took out six fish. One Ear didn't get no fish. I came back to the bag afterward an' got 'm his fish." "We've
Jack London quotes: Every book was a peep-hole into the realm of knowledge. His hunger fed upon what he read, and increased. Every book was a peep-hole into the realm of knowledge. His hunger fed upon what he read, and increased.
Jack London quotes: Some maundering fancy of going out with the tide suddenly obsessed me. Some maundering fancy of going out with the tide suddenly obsessed me.
Jack London quotes: It was the worst hurt he had ever known. It was the worst hurt he had ever known.
Jack London quotes: He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time. He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time.
Jack London quotes: Who Has Won to Mastership Who Has Won to Mastership
Jack London quotes: Strength is an empty shell. Strength is an empty shell.
Jack London quotes: The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck
Jack London quotes: Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club. Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club.
Jack London quotes: PLEASE DO NOT ENTER WITHOUT KNOCKING.PLEASE DO NOT KNOCK. PLEASE DO NOT ENTER WITHOUT KNOCKING.
PLEASE DO NOT KNOCK.
Jack London quotes: Never did he fail to respond savagely to the chatter of the squirrel he had first met on the blasted pine. Never did he fail to respond savagely to the chatter of the squirrel he had first met on the blasted pine.
Jack London quotes: Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession. Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
Jack London quotes: Now, you red-eyed devil," he said, Now, you red-eyed devil," he said,
Jack London quotes: There is such a thing as anesthesia of pain, engendered by pain too exquisite to be borne. There is such a thing as anesthesia of pain, engendered by pain too exquisite to be borne.
Jack London quotes: The same amazing blush he had seen once The same amazing blush he had seen once
Jack London quotes: Wolf - tis what he is. He's not blackhearted like some men. 'Tis no heart he has at all. Wolf - tis what he is. He's not blackhearted like some men. 'Tis no heart he has at all.
Jack London quotes: Make good the good in you ... and you will slowly steal into the Hawaiian heart, which is all of softness, and gentleness, and sweetness. Make good the good in you ... and you will slowly steal into the Hawaiian heart, which is all of softness, and gentleness, and sweetness.
Jack London quotes: Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat. Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.
Jack London quotes: Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them. Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
Jack London quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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 wet. 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 wet.
Jack London quotes: In dim ways he recognised in man the animal that had fought itself to primacy over the other animals of the Wild. In dim ways he recognised in man the animal that had fought itself to primacy over the other animals of the Wild.
Jack London quotes: It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all. It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.
Jack London quotes: With the last remnant of his strength With the last remnant of his strength
Jack London quotes: My mistake was in ever opening the books. My mistake was in ever opening the books.
Jack London quotes: There is no God but Fact, and Mr. Everhard is its prophet, There is no God but Fact, and Mr. Everhard is its prophet,
Jack London quotes: ... and from that moment Buck hated him with a bitter and deathless hatred. ... and from that moment Buck hated him with a bitter and deathless hatred.
Jack London quotes: Again from its brumal sleep Again from its brumal sleep
Jack London quotes: Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten. The law was: EAT OR BE EATEN. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten. The law was: EAT OR BE EATEN.
Jack London quotes: How strange and changeful is life! How small a thing is needed to make or ruin us! How strange and changeful is life! How small a thing is needed to make or ruin us!
Jack London quotes: Life's a game and men the gamblers. They'll stake their whole pile on the one chance in a thousand. Take away that one chance, and - they won't play. Life's a game and men the gamblers. They'll stake their whole pile on the one chance in a thousand. Take away that one chance, and - they won't play.
Jack London quotes: The dark circle became a dot on the moon-flooded snow as Spitz disappeared from view. The dark circle became a dot on the moon-flooded snow as Spitz disappeared from view.
Jack London quotes: To be able to forget means sanity. To be able to forget means sanity.
Jack London quotes: A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration. A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
Jack London quotes: Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read. Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
Jack London quotes: The game of life is good, though all of life may be hurt, and though all lives lose the game in the end. The game of life is good, though all of life may be hurt, and though all lives lose the game in the end.
Jack London quotes: Sagacious agent could, I suppose, be desired, Sagacious agent could, I suppose, be desired,
Jack London quotes: I was not made for the desk and counting-house, for petty business squabbling, and legal jangling. I was not made for the desk and counting-house, for petty business squabbling, and legal jangling.
Jack London quotes: There were not words enough in the English language, nor in any language, to make his attitude and conduct intelligible to them. There were not words enough in the English language, nor in any language, to make his attitude and conduct intelligible to them.
Jack London quotes: But I am I. And I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind But I am I. And I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
Jack London quotes: the human soul is a lonely thing the human soul is a lonely thing
Jack London quotes: The clay of White Fang had been molded until he became what he was, morose and lonely, unloving and ferocious, the enemy of all his kind. The clay of White Fang had been molded until he became what he was, morose and lonely, unloving and ferocious, the enemy of all his kind.
Jack London quotes: Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Jack London quotes: Affluence means influence. Affluence means influence.
Jack London quotes: He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial. He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.
Jack London quotes: woe of unnumbered generations woe of unnumbered generations
Jack London quotes: Dark spruce frowned on either side of the frozen waterway. Dark spruce frowned on either side of the frozen waterway.
Jack London quotes: It is not in what you succeed in doing that you get your joy, but in the doing of it. It is not in what you succeed in doing that you get your joy, but in the doing of it.
Jack London quotes: A man with a club is a law-maker. A man with a club is a law-maker.
Jack London quotes: It is far easier to see brave men die than to hear a coward beg for life. It is far easier to see brave men die than to hear a coward beg for life.
Jack London quotes: impossible . . . and . . . and I so loved our partnership, and was proud of it. Don't you see? - I can't go on being your partner impossible . . . and . . . and I so loved our partnership, and was proud of it. Don't you see? - I can't go on being your partner if you make
Jack London quotes: Also he saw one dog, that would neither conciliate nor obey, finally killed in the struggle for mastery. Also he saw one dog, that would neither conciliate nor obey, finally killed in the struggle for mastery.
Jack London quotes: I'd rather be ashes than dust I'd rather be ashes than dust
Jack London quotes: Is love so gross a thing that it must feed upon publication and public notice ? It would seem so. Is love so gross a thing that it must feed upon publication and public notice ? It would seem so.
Jack London quotes: never thought about it so abstractly," he confessed. "I've been too busy puzzling over why I came here. never thought about it so abstractly," he confessed. "I've been too busy puzzling over why I came here.
Jack London quotes: If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash. If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
Jack London quotes: Their hate bound them together as love could never bind. Their hate bound them together as love could never bind.
Jack London quotes: Too much is written by the men who can't write about the men who do write. Too much is written by the men who can't write about the men who do write.
Jack London quotes: Buck found it to be cheaper to mend his ways than to retaliate. Buck found it to be cheaper to mend his ways than to retaliate.
Jack London quotes: Let beauty be your end. Why should you mint beauty into gold? Anyway, you can't; Let beauty be your end. Why should you mint beauty into gold? Anyway, you can't;
Jack London quotes: He was never disturbed over why a thing happened. How it happened was sufficient for him. He was never disturbed over why a thing happened. How it happened was sufficient for him.
Jack London quotes: This expression of abandon and surrender, of absolute trust, he reserved for the master alone. This expression of abandon and surrender, of absolute trust, he reserved for the master alone.
Jack London quotes: Don't write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen. Don't write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
Jack London quotes: They seemed to share the kindliness and largeness of John Thornton. They seemed to share the kindliness and largeness of John Thornton.
Jack London quotes: Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others. Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
Jack London quotes: Thirty thousand a year was all right, but dyspepsia and inability to be humanly happy robbed such princely income of all its value. Thirty thousand a year was all right, but dyspepsia and inability to be humanly happy robbed such princely income of all its value.
Jack London quotes: Of course it was beautiful; but there was something more than beauty in it, something more stingingly splendid which had made beauty its handmaiden. Of course it was beautiful; but there was something more than beauty in it, something more stingingly splendid which had made beauty its handmaiden.
Jack London quotes: The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept. The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.
Jack London quotes: At once he became an enigma. One side or the other of his nature was perfectly comprehensible; but both sides together were bewildering. At once he became an enigma. One side or the other of his nature was perfectly comprehensible; but both sides together were bewildering.
Jack London quotes: Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine strain. Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine strain.
Jack London quotes: In a flash Buck knew it. The time had come. It was to the death. In a flash Buck knew it. The time had come. It was to the death.
Jack London quotes: I am first of all a white man, and only then a socialist. I am first of all a white man, and only then a socialist.
Jack London quotes: puny adventurers bent on colossal adventure, pitting puny adventurers bent on colossal adventure, pitting
Jack London quotes: Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
Jack London quotes: Sacredam!" he cried, when his eyes lit upon Buck. "Dat one dam bully dog! Eh? How moch? Sacredam!" he cried, when his eyes lit upon Buck. "Dat one dam bully dog! Eh? How moch?
Jack London quotes: It's better to stand by someone's side than by yourself It's better to stand by someone's side than by yourself
Jack London quotes: The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class. The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
Jack London quotes: He had killed man, the noblest game of all, and he had killed in the face of the law of club and fang. He had killed man, the noblest game of all, and he had killed in the face of the law of club and fang.
Jack London quotes: Then the business game is to make profits out of others, and to prevent others from making profits out of you. Then the business game is to make profits out of others, and to prevent others from making profits out of you.
Jack London quotes: Lobby - a peculiar institution for bribing, bulldozing, and corrupting the legislators who were supposed to represent the people's interests. Lobby - a peculiar institution for bribing, bulldozing, and corrupting the legislators who were supposed to represent the people's interests.
Jack London quotes: Rise from the mud, let the sunshine clense your eyes, and thrust your shoulders into the stars! Rise from the mud, let the sunshine clense your eyes, and thrust your shoulders into the stars!
Jack London quotes: San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories. San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.
Jack London quotes: I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself. I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
Jack London quotes: you don't know the game of buying brains. I do. That's my specialty. I'm going to make money out of them, you don't know the game of buying brains. I do. That's my specialty. I'm going to make money out of them,
Jack London quotes: Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear? Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
Jack London quotes: Thus he learned hurt; and on top of it he learned to avoid hurt, first, by not incurring the risk of it... Thus he learned hurt; and on top of it he learned to avoid hurt, first, by not incurring the risk of it...
Jack London quotes: For he could scarcely make them move together to grip a twig, and they seemed remote from his body and from him. For he could scarcely make them move together to grip a twig, and they seemed remote from his body and from him.
Jack London quotes: Bitter rage was his, but never blind rage. In passion to rend and destroy, he never forgot that his enemy was in like passion to rend and destroy. Bitter rage was his, but never blind rage. In passion to rend and destroy, he never forgot that his enemy was in like passion to rend and destroy.
Jack London quotes: Age is never so old as youth would measure it. Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
Jack London quotes: White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong. White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
Jack London quotes: Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death. Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
Jack London quotes: They, as a class, believed that they alone maintained civilization. They, as a class, believed that they alone maintained civilization.
Jack London quotes: Beauty is the only master to serve. Beauty is the only master to serve.

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