--- title: "2 Hem Quotes By Stephen Crane" description: "2 Hem quotes by Stephen Crane. Plus more from Stephen Crane and more Hem sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/stephen-crane-4187_black_xxviii-truth-said-a-traveller-is-a-rock_312737.jpg" --- > [XXVIII "Truth," said a traveller, "Is a rock, a mighty fortress; "Often have I been to it, "Even to its highest tower, "From whence the world looks black." "Truth," said a traveller, "Is a breath, a wind, "A shadow, a…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/stephen-crane-4187_black_xxviii-truth-said-a-traveller-is-a-rock_312737.jpg) > [Truth ... Is a breath, a wind, A shadow, a phantom; Long have I pursued it, But never have I touched The hem of its garment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/truth-is-a-breath-a-wind-a-shadow-a-phantom-long-have-i-pursued-it/) [Stephen Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-crane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78b/stephen-crane-4187_breaths_truth-is-a-breath-a-wind-a-shadow-a-phan_2627955.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hem/stephen-crane/#itemlist", "name": "2 Hem Quotes By Stephen Crane", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "XXVIII \"Truth,\" said a traveller, \"Is a rock, a mighty fortress; \"Often have I been to it, \"Even to its highest tower, \"From whence the world looks black.\" \"Truth,\" said a traveller, \"Is a breath, a wind, \"A shadow, a phantom; \"Long have I pursued it, \"But never have I touched \"The hem of its garment.\" And I believed the second traveller; For truth was to me A breath, a wind, A shadow, a phantom, And never had I touched The hem of its garment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Crane" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-crane/xxviii-truth-said-a-traveller-is-a-rock-a-mighty-fortress-often-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/stephen-crane-4187_black_xxviii-truth-said-a-traveller-is-a-rock_312737.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/stephen-crane-4187_black_xxviii-truth-said-a-traveller-is-a-rock_312737.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/stephen-crane-4187_black_xxviii-truth-said-a-traveller-is-a-rock_312737.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“XXVIII \"Truth,\" said a traveller, \"Is a rock, a mighty fortress; \"Often have I been to it, \"Even to its…” — Stephen Crane", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Truth ... 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