I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.

Jack London

Read By the Turtles of Tasman at Project Gutenberg

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Jumping in Living in fear Fear

Speaker

Polly

Author

Jack London

Source

The Turtles of Tasman

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 2

Citation

London, Jack. The Turtles of Tasman. Macmillan, 1916.

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Another quote from the 1910s

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I ––
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken

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Topic
Taking a different path Following the crowd

Author

Robert Frost
Source
The Road Not Taken
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Mountain Interval. Henry Holt, 1916, st. 4, I. 3.

Current Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Library of America, 1995, st. 4, I. 3.

Another quote about Living life to the fullest

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

Jack London

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Topic
Living life to the fullest
Speaker
Jack London
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

London, Jack. Quoted in The Bulletin. 2 Dec. 1916.

Another quote from 1916

Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.

Rupert Brooke

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Topic
Experiencing nature

Author

Rupert Brooke
Source
The Hill
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Hill." Collected Poems. John Lane, 1916, I. 1.

Current Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Hill." The Poems of Rupert Brooke. Dover Publications, 2020, I. 1.