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I 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 atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. 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, intro, Jack London's Tales of Adventure
There 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 a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
JACK LONDON, The Call of the Wild
One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
Strength is an empty shell.
JACK LONDON, The Iron Heel
Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.
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