"It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly……" — Stephen Crane
"It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment."
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41 Quotes by Stephen Crane
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- Philosophy should always know that indifference is a militant thing. It batters down the walls of cities and murders the…
- The red sun was pasted in the sky like a wafer.
- Every sin is the result of collaboration.
- Doubtless there are other roads.
- A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that…
- A man with a full stomach and the respect of his fellows had no business to scold about anything that…
- A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind…
- I saw a man pursuing the horizon
- The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.…
- When it came night, the white waves paced to and fro in the moonlight, and the wind brought the sound…
- 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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