London — The Call of the Wild

Book page: london-call-of-the-wild

From: Quotes batch 12


Edition: Macmillan (1903)

On Identity and Instinct

“He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death.” (Chapter 3, p. 45)

On Society (The Law of Club and Fang)

“There was no middle course. He must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness.” (Chapter 2, p. 28)