"Such an assemblage of the spraddle-legged men of……" — Stephen Crane
"Such an assemblage of the spraddle-legged men of the middle class, whose hands were bent and shoulders stooped from delving and constructing, had never appeared to an Asbury Park summer crowd, and the latter was vaguely amused."
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41 Quotes by Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane has 41 quotes on this site.
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These stupid peasants, who, throughout the world, hold potentates on their thrones, make statesmen illustrious, provide generals with lasting victories,…
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Philosophy should always know that indifference is a militant thing. It batters down the walls of cities and murders the…
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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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A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind…
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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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Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree…
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It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others,…
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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret…
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To be amused by what you read - that is the great spring of happy quotations.
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To inquisitive minds like yours and mine the reflection that the quantity of human knowledge bears no proportion to the…
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I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse…
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Philosophers, if they have much imagination, are apt to let it loose as well as other people, and in such…
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The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be…
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...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one…
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