I did not begin when I was born, nor when I was conceived. I have been growing, developing, through incalculable myriads of millenniums... All my previous selves have their voices, echoes, promptings in me... Oh, incalculable times again shall I be born.
Jack LondonA man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated.
Jack London