Men do not knowingly drink for the effect alcohol produces on the body. What they drink for is the brain-effect; and if it must come through the body, so much the worse for the body.
Some sorts of truth are truer than others. - Jack London
Some sorts of truth are truer than others.
- Jack London
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. - Jack London
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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
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.
Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others. - Jack London
Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage. - Jack London
The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. - Jack London
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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. - Jack London
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.
The great task demanded of man is reproduction. He is urged by passion to perform this task. Passion, working through the imagination, produces love.… - Jack London
The great task demanded of man is reproduction. He is urged by passion to perform this task. Passion, working through the imagination, produces love.…
I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself. - Jack London
I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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