Stephen Crane

Doubtless there are other roads.

— 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,…

— Stephen Crane

Every sin is a result of collaboration

— 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…

— Stephen Crane

“XXIV I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man.…

— Stephen Crane

It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment.

— Stephen Crane

And it was as if fate had betrayed the soldier. In death it exposed to his enemies that poverty which in life…

— Stephen Crane

“I stood upon a high place, And saw, below, many devils Running, leaping, and carousing in sin. One looked up, grinning, And…

— Stephen Crane

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

— Stephen Crane

“A single rifle flashed in a thicket before the regiment.”

— Stephen Crane

XXVIII "Truth," said a traveller, "Is a rock, a mighty fortress; "Often have I been to it, "Even to its highest tower,…

— Stephen Crane

“The lieutenant, returning from a tour after a bandage, produced from a hidden receptacle of his mind new and portentous oaths suited…

— Stephen Crane

“Many a man ought to have a bath-tub larger than the boat which here rode upon the sea.”

— Stephen Crane

“Why—why—” stammered the youth struggling with his balking tongue.”

— Stephen Crane

“Eventually, his courage expended itself upon these objections. The debates drained him of his fire.”

— Stephen Crane

“IV Yes, I have a thousand tongues, And nine and nighty-nine lie. Though I strive to use the one, It will make…

— Stephen Crane

“ In the Desert In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in…

— Stephen Crane

“Many red devils ran from my heart And out upon the page, They were so tiny The pen could mash them. And…

— Stephen Crane

“There’s no fun in fightin’ fer people when everything yeh do—no matter what—ain’t done right.”

— Stephen Crane

“There were many who went in huddled procession, They knew not wither, But, at any rate, success or calamity Would attend all…

— Stephen Crane

But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.

— Stephen Crane

“But he instantly saw that it would be impossible for him to escape from the regiment. It inclosed him. And there were…

— Stephen Crane

He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such…

— Stephen Crane

“But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and moon were about to clash, many persons would doubtless plan…

— Stephen Crane

A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together…

— Stephen Crane