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United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)

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I would rather be ashes than dust I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. 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.

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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.

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The proper function of man is to live - not to exist.

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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.

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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.

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