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Jack London1876–1916

Jack London on life and death

Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.

White Fang (1906)

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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.
The Bulletin, San Francisco (2 December 1916), part 2, p. 1, ten days after his deathOften credited to Ian Fleming
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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog.
“Confession” in Complete Works of Jack London, Delphi Classics, (2013)
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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
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