Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"And you haven't got anything by it?"

"But we will . . . in time."

"At that rate you'll be dead first," she challenged.

Tom sighed.

"I'm afraid so. Things move so slow."

Again he sighed. She noted the weary, patient look in his face,
the bent shoulders, the labor-gnarled hands, and it all seemed to
symbolize the futility of his social creed.