Author: Jack London

Quotes

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.

- Jack London

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

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

- Jack London

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

- Jack London

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

- Jack London

Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?

Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?

- 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 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

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

- Jack London

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