Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London


"That's good, that prize hog," the poet laughed. "Least
irritation, least effort--a compromise of Nirvana and life.
Least irritation, least effort, the ideal existence: a jellyfish
floating in a tideless, tepid, twilight sea."


"But you're missin' all the good things," Billy objected.


"Name them," came the challenge.


Billy was silent a moment. To him life seemed a large and
generous thing. He felt as if his arms ached from inability to
compass it all, and he began, haltingly at first, to put his
feeling into speech.

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