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> [“ 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/in-the-desert-in-the-desert-i-saw-a-creature-naked-bestial-who/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/in-the-desert-i-saw-a-creature-naked-bestial-who-squatting-upon-the/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

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## Other authors on Creature

## More by Stephen Crane

> [Doubtless there are other roads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/doubtless-there-are-other-roads/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [“She thinks my name is Freddie, you know, but of course it ain't. I always tell these people some name like that, because if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/she-thinks-my-name-is-freddie-you-know-but-of-course-it-ain-t-i/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [Every sin is a result of collaboration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/every-sin-is-a-result-of-collaboration/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [“He turned now with a lover's thirst to images of tranquil skies, fresh meadows, cool brooks— an existence of soft and eternal peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/he-turned-now-with-a-lover-s-thirst-to-images-of-tranquil-skies-fresh/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [“XXIV I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. "It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/xxiv-i-saw-a-man-pursuing-the-horizon-round-and-round-they-sped-i-was/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/it-was-surprising-that-nature-had-gone-tranquilly-on-with-her-golden/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [And it was as if fate had betrayed the soldier. In death it exposed to his enemies that poverty which in life he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/and-it-was-as-if-fate-had-betrayed-the-soldier-in-death-it-exposed-to/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [“I stood upon a high place, And saw, below, many devils Running, leaping, and carousing in sin. One looked up, grinning, And said, "Comrade!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/i-stood-upon-a-high-place-and-saw-below-many-devils-running-leaping/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/a-serious-prophet-upon-predicting-a-flood-should-be-the-first-man-to/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [“A single rifle flashed in a thicket before the regiment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/a-single-rifle-flashed-in-a-thicket-before-the-regiment/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [XXVIII "Truth," said a traveller, "Is a rock, a mighty fortress; "Often have I been to it, "Even to its highest tower, "From whence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/xxviii-truth-said-a-traveller-is-a-rock-a-mighty-fortress-often-have/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [“The lieutenant, returning from a tour after a bandage, produced from a hidden receptacle of his mind new and portentous oaths suited to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/the-lieutenant-returning-from-a-tour-after-a-bandage-produced-from-a/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [“Many a man ought to have a bath-tub larger than the boat which here rode upon the sea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/many-a-man-ought-to-have-a-bath-tub-larger-than-the-boat-which-here/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [“Why—why—” stammered the youth struggling with his balking tongue.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/why-why-stammered-the-youth-struggling-with-his-balking-tongue/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

> [“Eventually, his courage expended itself upon these objections. The debates drained him of his fire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/eventually-his-courage-expended-itself-upon-these-objections-the/)

[Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/)

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