Jack London Quotes


Go strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your heels with the skill and power that reside in you, hit the sea's breakers, master them, and ride upon their backs as a king should.


Citations

London, Jack. The Cruise of the Snark. Macmillan, 1911, p. 76.

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Jack London
Jack London
  • Born: January 12, 1876
  • Died: November 22, 1916
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist, Journalist, Short Story Writer Essayist

John Griffith London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.