All Stephen Crane Quotes
- Mother, whose heart hung humble as a button the bright splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep. War is kind. Bright
- Half of tradition is a lie. Half
- Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature. Consider
- It perhaps might be said--if any one dared--that the most worthless literature of the world has been that which has been written by the men… Any
- It was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws. All
- Think as I think," said a man, "or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." And after I thought of it, I said, "I… Abominably
- A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon,… Came
- Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran on alone, Do… Affrighted
- The man had arrived at that stage of drunkenness where affection is felt for the universe. Affection
- 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. Avoid
- Over the river a golden ray of sun came through the hosts of leaden rain clouds. Came
- He vaguely desired to walk around and around the body and stare; the impulse of the living to try to read in dead eyes the… Answer
- 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… Been
- 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… Angel
- 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… Bustling
- When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked him: "Why?" He replied: "Because no one admired me. Admiration
- When the prophet, a complacent fat man, Arrived at the mountain-top He cried: "Woe to my knowledge! I intended to see good white lands And… Arrived
- And it was as if fate had betrayed the soldier. In death it exposed to his enemies that poverty which in life he had perhaps… Betrayed
- Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments. Awakening
- But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart. Bitter