Quotes of Stephen Crane - somelinesforyou

“ Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Two or three angels Came near to the earth. They saw a fat church. Little black streams of people Came and went in continually. And the angels were puzzled To know why the people went thus, And why they stayed so long within. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ In the Desert In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, “Is it good, friend?” “It is bitter—bitter,” he answered; “But I like it “Because it is bitter, “And because it is my heart. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ A Man Said to the Universe A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked him: "Why?" He replied: "Because no one admired me. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Tell her this And more,— That the king of the seas Weeps too, old, helpless man. The bustling fates Heap his hands with corpses Until he stands like a child With surplus of toys. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ It perhaps might be saidif any one daredthat the most worthless literature of the world has been that which has been written by the men of one nation concerning the men of another. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Two or three angels Came near to the earth. They saw a fat church. Little black streams of people Came and went in continually. And the angels were puzzled To know why the people went thus, And why they stayed so long within. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ If I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees? ”

- Stephen Crane

“ You cannot choose your battlefield, God does that for you; But you can plant a standard Where a standard never flew. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Truth...Is a breath, a wind,A shadow, a phantom;Long have I pursued it,But never have I touchedThe hem of its garment. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Tradition, thou art for suckling children,Thou art the enlivening milk for babes;But no meat for men is in thee. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Truth...Is a breath, a wind,A shadow, a phantom;Long have I pursued it,But never have I touchedThe hem of its garment. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Every sin is the result of collaboration. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Every sin is the result of collaboration. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ I don't like my hands tied. I am in misery. What did I say I am? ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Every sin is the result of collaboration. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Every sin is the result of collaboration. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Every sin is the result of collaboration. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ A man said to the Universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.". ”

- Stephen Crane

“ A man said to the Universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.". ”

- Stephen Crane

“ A man said to the Universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.". ”

- Stephen Crane

“ He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and the moon were about to clash, many people would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ You cannot choose your battlefield, God does that for you; But you can plant a standard Where a standard never flew. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ A man said to the Universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.". ”

- Stephen Crane

“ I don't like my hands tied. I am in misery. What did I say I am? ”

- Stephen Crane

“ He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and the moon were about to clash, many people would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ Truth...Is a breath, a wind,A shadow, a phantom;Long have I pursued it,But never have I touchedThe hem of its garment. ”

- Stephen Crane

“ You cannot choose your battlefield, God does that for you; But you can plant a standard Where a standard never flew. ”

- Stephen Crane
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