Jack LondonHe had no conscious knowledge of death, but like every animal of the Wild, he possessed the instinct of death. To him it stood as the greatest of hurts. It was the very essence of… ▶371DeathThought
Jack LondonEver bike? Now that's something that makes life worth living!... Oh, to just grip your handlebars and lay down to it, and go ripping and tearing through streets and road, over rai… ▶372LifeReadingThought
Jack LondonHe was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment w… ▶372LifeReading
Jack LondonDeep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten eart… ▶351Reading
Jack LondonHe was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that… ▶373DeathLife
Jack LondonYou have grudged the very fire in your house because the wood cost overmuch! he cried. You have grudged life. To live cost overmuch, and you have refused to pay the price. Your li… ▶363LifeReadingTruth
Jack LondonWith the aurora borealis flaming coldly overhead, or the stars leaping in the frost dance, and the land numb and frozen under its pall of snow, this song of the huskies might have… ▶363LifeReadingSadness
Jack LondonShe was thrilling to a desire that urged her to go forward, to be in closer to that fire, to be squabbling with the dogs, and to be avoiding and dodging the stumbling feet of men.… ▶342Time
Jack London...men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the … ▶376Reflection
Jack LondonHe had learned well the law of club and fang, and he never forewent an advantage or drew back from a foe he had started on the way to Death. He had lessoned from Spitz, and from t… ▶376DeathLifePolitics
Jack LondonBut under it all they were men, penetrating the land of desolation and mockery and silence, puny adventurers bent on colossal adventure, pitting themselves against the might of a … ▶311Life
Jack LondonSan Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories. ✨ Jack London (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Jack London (Illustrated), p.7702, Delphi Classics355Life
Jack LondonThere is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as… ▶333Life
Jack LondonOn the sled, in the box, lay a third man whose toil was over, - a man whom the Wild had conquered and beaten down until he would never move nor struggle again. It is not the way o… ▶301LifeReading
Jack LondonFood and fire, protection and companionship, were some of the things he received from the god. In return, he guarded the god's property, defended his body, worked for him, and obe… ▶379Life
Jack LondonYou stand on dead men's legs. You've never had any of your own. You couldn't walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly ✨ Jack London (2004). The Sea… ▶368Death
Jack LondonSo that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you. ✨ Jack London (2016). Jack London Six Pack, p.14, Lulu.com314Humanity
Jack LondonAnd how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I ha… ▶369Life
Jack LondonBut, – and there it is, – we want to live and move, though we have no reason to, because it happens that it is the nature of life to live and move, to want to live and move. If it… ▶314DeathLifeReading
Jack LondonA man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated.358Politics
Jack LondonLife is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand. ✨ Jack London (2015). Jack London on Adventure: Words of Wisdom from an Expert Adventurer, p.6, S… ▶358LifePhilosophy
Jack LondonMan rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them. ✨ Jack London (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Jack London (Illustrated), p.594… ▶369Humanity
Jack LondonIntelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel. ✨ Jack London (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Jack London (Illustrated), p.3148, Delphi Classics304Philosophy
Jack LondonI 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… ▶3610Time
Jack LondonYou can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ✨ Jack London (2015). Jack London on Adventure: Words of Wisdom from an Expert Adventurer, p.5, Skyhorse… ▶359Philosophy
Jack LondonThere is such a thing as anaesthesia of pain, engendered by pain too exquisite to be borne. ✨ The Star Rover.338Sadness
Jack London[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 strength of his body, managed to feed his… ▶272LifeReadingThought
Jack LondonDarn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear? ✨ Jack London (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Jack London (Illustrated), p.8403, … ▶316Philosophy
Jack LondonIt's better to stand by someone's side than by yourself306Humor
Jack LondonThe Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept. ✨ Jack London (1992). The Call of the Wild and White Fang, p.215, Wordsworth Editions3410Time
