A promise made is a debt unpaid.

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I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there.

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It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

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The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

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Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

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I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.

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