Jack London Quotes

“But especially he loved to run in the dim twilight of the summer midnights, listening to the subdued and sleepy murmurs of the forest, reading signs and sounds as man may read a book, and seeking for the mysterious something that called—called,...”

― Jack London, The Call of the Wild

topic:nature

“Too much is written by the men who can't write about the men who do write”

― Jack London, Martin Eden

topic:writing

“Food and fire, protection and companionship, were some of the things he received from the god. In return, he guarded the god's property, defended his body, worked for him, and obeyed him.”

― Jack London, White Fang

topic:work obedience

“The clay of White Fang had been moulded until he became what he was, morose and lonely, unloving and ferocious, the enemy of all his kind.”

― Jack London, White Fang

topic:loneliness

“In dim ways he recognised in man the animal that had fought itself to primacy over the other animals of the Wild.”

― Jack London, White Fang

topic:man

“This expression of abandon and surrender, of absolute trust, he reserved for the master alone.”

― Jack London, White Fang

topic:trust

“As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.”

― Jack London, The Star Rover

topic:suffering weakness

“His bondage had softened him. Irresponsibility had weakened him. He had forgotten how to shift for himself. The night yawned about him.”

― Jack London, White Fang

“But there were other forces at work in the cub, the greatest of which was growth. Instinct and law demanded of him obedience. But growth demanded disobedience.”

― Jack London, White Fang

topic:law obedience

“In short, Beauty Smith was a monstrosity, and the blame of it lay elsewhere. He was not responsible. The clay of him had been so moulded in the making.”

― Jack London, White Fang

topic:responsibility

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