But, – and there it is, – we want to live and move, though we have no …

Jack London
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But, – 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 were not for this, life would be dead. It is because of this life that is in you that you dream of your immortality. ✨ Jack London (2015). Jack London The Dover Reader, p.279, Courier Corporation
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