“He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survived.”
Jack London
The Call of the Wild (Primary source)
The Call of the Wild is a short novel by Jack London set during the Klondike Gold Rush. It follows Buck, a large domesticated dog living comfortably in California, who is stolen and sold into the brutal world of sled dogs in the Yukon.
More about “The Call of the Wild” →
“Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.”
— Jack London Primary source“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 Primary source“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 Secondary source“The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.”
— Jack London Primary source“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
— Helen Keller DisputedPredator Killing Strength Nature Power