“"My vision is clear and far. I could almost believe in God. But" - and his voice changed and the light went out of his face - "what is this condition in which I find myself? This joy of living? This exultation of life? This inspiration, I may well call it? It comes when there is nothing wrong with one's digestion, when the stomach is in trim and and his appetite has an edge, and all goes well."”

— Jack London , book The Sea-Wolf

Source: The Sea-Wolf (1904), Chapter Seven

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American author, journalist, and social activist 1876–1916

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