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Jack London Quotes about Pain

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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.

Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.

Jack London
Pain, Desire, Possession
Jack London (2014). “The Kempton-Wase Letters”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

Love cannot in its very nature be peaceful or content. It is a restlessness, an unsatisfaction. I can grant a lasting love just as I can grant a lasting unsatisfaction; but the lasting love cannot be coupled with possession, for love is pain and desire and possession is easement and fulfilment.

Jack London
Pain, Love Is, Peaceful
Jack London (2017). “The Complete Novels of Jack London – 22 Adventure Classics in One Volume (Illustrated): The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf, White Fang, The Iron Heel, Martin Eden, Burning Daylight, The Scarlet Plague, A Son of the Sun, The Valley of the Moon, The Star Rover, Hearts of Three…”, p.435, e-artnow

No; I did not hate him. The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings. I can say only that I knew the gnawing of a desire for vengeance on him that was a pain in itself and that exceeded all the bounds of language.

Jack London
Strong, Pain, Hate
Jack London (2015). “The Star Rover”, p.57, Booklassic

There is such a thing as anaesthesia of pain, engendered by pain too exquisite to be borne.

Jack London
Pain, Anesthesia, Exquisite
"The Star Rover".

He felt strangely numb. As though from a great distance, he was aware that he was being beaten. The last sensations of pain left him. He no longer felt anything, though very faintly he could hear the impact of the club upon his body. But it was no longer his body, it seemed so far away.

Jack London
Pain, Distance, Impact
Jack London (2016). “The Call of the Wild and White Fang”, p.47, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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