“ The life that is in you is alive and wants to go on being alive for ever. ”
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf (1904). copy citation
| Author | Jack London |
|---|---|
| Source | The Sea-Wolf |
| Topic | life |
| Date | 1904 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1074/1074-h/1074-h.htm |
Context
“But,—and there it is,—we want to live and move, though we have no reason to, because it happens that it is the nature of life to live and move, to want to live and move. If it were not for this, life would be dead. It is because of this life that is in you that you dream of your immortality. The life that is in you is alive and wants to go on being alive for ever. Bah! An eternity of piggishness!”
He abruptly turned on his heel and started forward. He stopped at the break of the poop and called me to him.
“By the way, how much was it that Cooky got away with?””
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