"A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in……" — Stephen Crane
"A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats. In a ten-foot dinghy one can get an idea of the resources of the sea in the line of waves that is not probable to the average experience, which is never at sea in a dinghy."
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41 Quotes by Stephen Crane
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The red sun was pasted in the sky like a wafer.
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Every sin is the result of collaboration.
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It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment.
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Doubtless there are other roads.
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A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that…
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A man with a full stomach and the respect of his fellows had no business to scold about anything that…
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I saw a man pursuing the horizon
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The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.…
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When it came night, the white waves paced to and fro in the moonlight, and the wind brought the sound…
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Such an assemblage of the spraddle-legged men of the middle class, whose hands were bent and shoulders stooped from delving…
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