Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Some stick to biz, some flirt with Liz
Down on the sands of Coney;
But we, by hell, stay in Carmel,
And whang the abalone."

He paused with his mouth open and stone upraised. There was a
rattle of wheels and a voice calling from above where the sacks
of mussels had been carried. He brought the stone down with a
final thump and stood up.