Jack London Quotes


Men do not knowingly drink for the effect alcohol produces on the body. What they drink for is the brain-effect; and if it must come through the body, so much the worse for the body.


Citations

London, Jack. John Barleycorn. Century Co., 1913, p. 19.

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Jack London
Jack London
  • Born: January 12, 1876
  • Died: November 22, 1916
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist, Journalist, Short Story Writer Essayist

John Griffith London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.