logo

Quotes About Passion

I am going to give from every corner of my soul.
~ Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife
We fight best, and die best, and live best, for what we love.
~ Jack London
I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather be a streaming meteor than a sleepy and permanent planet. I would rather burn out in a blaze of streaming glory than be stifled like dry rot. I shall use my time.
~ Jack London
I still read the books to-day, but never again shall I read them with that old glory of youthful passion when I harked to the call from over and beyond that whispered me on to win to the mystery at the back of life and behind the stars.
~ Jack London
You don't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
~ Jack London
L'odio creava fra loro un legame più saldo di quanto non avrebbe potuto fare l'amore.
~ Jack London
He felt the stress and strain of life, its fevers and sweats and wild insurgences—surely this was the stuff to write about! He wanted to glorify the leaders of forlorn hopes, the mad lovers, the giants that fought under stress and strain, amid terror and tragedy, making life crackle with the strength of their endeavor. And
~ Jack London
And then there were our sweet stolen moments in the midst of our work—just a word, or caress, or flash of love-light; and our moments were sweeter for being stolen. For we lived on the heights, where the air was keen and sparkling, where the toil was for humanity, and where sordidness and selfishness never entered. We loved love, and our love was never smirched by anything less than the best. And this out of all remains: I did not fail.
~ Jack London
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist
~ Jack London
But love that was feverish and burning, that was adoration, that was madness, it had taken John Thornton to arouse.
~ Jack London
He whirled with fierce passion on me: 'Don't you ever let yourself grow old, lad. Die when you're young, or you'll come to this. I'm tellin' you sure. Seven an' eighty years am I, an' served my country like a man. Three good conduct stripes and the Victoria Cross, an' this is what I get for it. I wish I was dead, I wish I was dead. Can't come any too quick for me, I tell you.
~ Jack London
Aveva amato la poesia perché gli interessava la bellezza; ma da quando l'aveva incontrata gli si erano spalancate le porte sui territori sconfinati della poesia d'amore.
~ Jack London
Ho più fame di te che di cibo
~ Jack London
Söylemek istediÄŸim ÅŸey ÅŸu: Beni seviyorsan, beni reddedecek kadar az sevdiÄŸin güne göre, nas?l oluyor da ÅŸu anda beni daha çok seviyorsun?
~ Jack London
Luchamos mejor, morimos mejor y vivimos mejor por aquello que amamos.
~ Jack London
of course she promptly loved him, or thought she did, which amounts to the same thing.
~ Jack London
It was only for a moment, but it was a long moment to him, during which his blood turned to wine and sang through his veins.
~ Jack London
Hay un éxtasis que señala la cúspide de la vida y por encima del cual no puede elevarse esta. Y lo paradójico de la vida es que este éxtasis cuando uno esta más vivo y se olvida absolutamente de que lo está. Este éxtasis, este olvido de la existencia, se produce en el artista, atrapándolo y sacándolo de si en una llama de pasión; se produce en el soldado, ebrio de guerra en un campo desolado cuando lucha sin cuartel
~ Jack London
Preferirei essere cenere che polvere! Preferirei che la mia fiamma bruciasse in una vampa brillante piuttosto che venire ricoperto dalla muffa. Preferirei essere un magnifico meteorite, con atomi che bruciano e si infiammano, piuttosto che un pianeta immobile e assopito. La natura dell'uomo è vivere, non esistere. Non ho intenzione di sprecare i miei giorni nel tentativo di prolungarli, voglio viverli.
~ Jack London
You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.
~ Jack London
voraciously.
~ Jack London
I hate you with the hate that I give to all the world; I love you with a feeling nothing else arouses.
~ Jack Vance
Humanity is old, civilization new: the mesh of cogs is by no means smooth — and this is as it should be. Never should a man enter a building of glass or metal, or a spaceship, or a submarine, without a small shock of astonishment; never should he avoid an act of passion without a small sense of effort …
~ Jack Vance
Liane is feared by those who fear fear, loved by those who love love.
~ Jack Vance