Jack London Quotes Novels & Stories

Jacob said nothing; he waited. Senior Carter's lips pressed into a thin line as he finally said, "I'll give you the chance you're asking for. I'll let you handle one of our businesses in New York, but let me make one thing very clear, Jacob, this is your only shot. If you blow it, that's it. There will be no second chances, no safety net to catch you. You either swim or sink on your own merits." Those words fell over Jacob like a mantle, but he nodded with resolution. “I won't let you down.”

Jack stood now, his frustration mirroring my own, “I can handle myself, Thomas. I’ve been dealing with high-stakes situations for years. I don’t need you treating me like a kid who doesn’t know what he’s doing.” “This isn’t about you, Jack,” I said, stepping closer. “This is about the people around you. The people who could get hurt because of your decisions. Do you think I want to have to explain to Lydia or Ruby why you’re in a hospital bed when something like that happens again? Or worse?” Jack’s expression softened for a moment, but his stubbornness quickly returned, “I appreciate the concern, but I can’t just sit on my hands while Marco pulls strings behind the scenes. Someone has to st

If the expert heard everything, his life could be deemed over. Nobody would have known if I hadn't spoken. "Since someone has talked so much about me today, I feel pretty happy. Why don't you go on?" I uttered in a hushed tone. Thud! Jackal lost his ability to hold on. He crumpled to the ground as his legs appeared to be boneless. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but no words came out. In the face of actual might, no strategies or cunning words could matter, no matter how crafty he believed he was.

I look out of the window, seeing the trees pass by me, so quickly. " Let the time, brush past us, still we will stand in the wave of memories, living a thousand years together in seconds," I say the quotes, I once wrote in my diary. " You and Xander. Your love's special. It makes me desire something like that too." Says Jacob, with his eyes fixed on the road. His lips curved to form a small smile.

"You’re insufferable." Jake grinned. "That’s the nicest thing you’ve said to me all week." Lila sighed. "What do you want, Jake?" He shrugged, leaning back on his hands. "I don’t know. Maybe to make sure you don’t drown in your own misery." She shot him a glare. "I’m not drowning." "Really?" He raised an eyebrow. "Because you kind of look like someone who forgot how to swim and is too stubborn to ask for help."

“Leonard, my guy, you talk sense… when you are drunk.” “Correction, my brother,” Jakes chimed in, his voice heavy but cheerful. “Leonard talks nonsense when he is sober, and sense when he is drunk.” He leaned back, laughing at his own joke, nearly tipping his chair over. Vivian gasped, tugging Adrian’s arm. “Did you hear him? Jakes! You almost fell!” “Almost doesn’t count,” Jakes replied, wagging his finger and chuckling. “Close is not enough.”

Turning around I open the driver's door of my Lexus " You are the last person ,who can lecture about not hurting anyone , especially when you have been doing it for years " " Jacob " warned Conan " I have a reason " I spin around and faced the nosy bastard , staring right in his eyes " And I have mine asshole , you might think that everything I m doing is completely stupid , idiotic and jerk ass move of mine but - this " I point at my letter jacket " This means a lot to me , I have spent years building my reputation and image and I'm not ruining it for a stupid little teensy tiny bit of an emotion that I feel for her"

The walls seemed to close in on him, each tick of the clock taunting him mercilessly. Summoning every ounce of passion in his voice, he urgently dialed Luther, his voice crackling with a burning desire. "Be ready, my friend, within the next half hour!" Jack exclaimed, his words teeming with fervor. No time to waste, he had a rendezvous with liberation and he couldn't be late.

“Never ever. Not even once.” “Bullshit,” Jack said amiably. “And your usage of ‘never’ twice results in an OTT denial, and just shows me that you know you’re lying. Also? I find it fascinating that when I said that your childhood has made you who you are, you jumped to the assumption that I was referring to your violence and criminal acts.” “Well, weren’t you?” “Nope. Not at all.” “So, what then?”

Jessie stepped forward and wrapped her arms around his waist from behind. Jack was so tall that her face could only rest against his back. "I won't ever get tired. I'm just scared we'll fail." Jessie feared failure. "There's a line in To Kill a Mockingbird. You rarely win, but sometimes you do." There was actually a longer line before it, something about courage, but saying that aloud would've sounded too sentimental. "So even if we fail a hundred times, one of those times, we'll win." Jack took her hand. His tone was barely above a whisper.