32 ordspråk av Jack London
Jack London
Jack London föddes den
12 januari 1876 och dog den 22 november
1916 - whose works deal romantically with elemental struggles for survival. One of the most extensively translated of American authors.
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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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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 function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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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.
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I wrote a thousand words every day
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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San Francisco at the present time is like the crater of a volcano, around which are camped tens of thousands of refugees.
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San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.
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The call of the wild.
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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.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class
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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.
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