And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.

The Letters of Jack London: 1913-1916. Volume three (ed. Stanford University Press, 1988) - ISBN: 9780804715072