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  • 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 will, then, be a toad.

    Stephen Crane, “Think As I Think”
  • I saw a man pursuing the horizon

    Stephen Crane (2016). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.53, Courier Dover Publications
  • The red sun was pasted in the sky like a wafer.

    The Red Badge of Courage ch. 9 (1895)
  • Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.

    Stephen Crane (2004). “The Red Badge of Courage and Selected Short Fiction”, Barnes & Noble
  • The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.

    "A man said to the universe" l. 1 (1899)
  • A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon, too soon, were we Where my eyes were useless, And I knew not the ways of my feet. I clung to the hand of my friend; But at last he cried, "I am lost.

    Stephen Crane (1998). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.7, Courier Corporation
  • A little man said to the Universe. "Sir! I exist." The Universe replied: "That's fine." Just don't think it creates any obligation on my part.

  • The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment. It was thickly grown with weeds. "Ha," he said, "I see that none has passed here In a long time." Later he saw that each weed Was a singular knife. "Well," he mumbled at last, "Doubtless there are other roads.

    Stephen Crane (2016). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.33, Courier Dover Publications
  • There is nothing- No life, No joy, No pain- There is nothing save opinion, And opinion be damned.

    Stephen Crane (1998). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.17, Courier Corporation
  • It was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws.

    Stephen Crane (2014). “The Red Badge of Courage”, p.119, Broadview Press
  • 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.

    Lying   Average   Sea  
    Stephen Crane (1993). “The Open Boat and Other Stories”, p.58, Courier Corporation
  • 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.

    Stephen Crane (1984). “Prose and Poetry”, p.463, Library of America
  • Mother, whose heart hung humble as a button the bright splendid shroud of your son, Do not weep. War is kind.

    Stephen Crane (1899). “War Is Kind”, p.4, Library of Alexandria
  • These stupid peasants, who, throughout the world, hold potentates on their thrones, make statesmen illustrious, provide generals with lasting victories, all with ignorance, indifference, or half-witted hatred, moving the world with the strength of their arms, and getting their heads knocked together in the name of God, the king, or the stock exchange-immortal, dreaming, hopeless asses, who surrender their reason to the care of a shining puppet, and persuade some toy to carry their lives in his purse.

    Stephen Crane (1970). “The Works of Stephen Crane Vol. 5: Tales of Adventure”, University of Virginia Press
  • 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 world looks black." "Truth," said a traveller, "Is a breath, a wind, "A shadow, a phantom; "Long have I pursued it, "But never have I touched "The hem of its garment." And I believed the second traveller; For truth was to me A breath, a wind, A shadow, a phantom, And never had I touched The hem of its garment.

    Stephen Crane (1998). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.10, Courier Corporation
  • A MAN FEARED A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other.

    Stephen Crane (2016). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.21, Courier Corporation
  • The man had arrived at that stage of drunkenness where affection is felt for the universe.

    David Halliburton, Stephen Crane (1989). “The Color of the Sky: A Study of Stephen Crane”, p.49, Cambridge University Press
  • Doubtless there are other roads.

    Stephen Crane (2016). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.33, Courier Dover Publications
  • A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honour of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil's Row, who were circling madly about the heap and pelting him. His infantile countenance was livid with the fury of battle. His small body was writhing in the delivery of oaths.

    Stephen Crane (2005). “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets & Other Stories”, p.1, Wordsworth Editions
  • But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.

    The Black Riders and Other Lines "In the Desert" l. 1 (1895)
  • I saw a man pursuing the horizon;Round and round they sped.I was disturbed at this;I accosted the man."It is futile," I said,"You can never-""You lie," he cried,And ran on.

    Lying  
    Stephen Crane (2016). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.8, Courier Dover Publications
  • I walked in a desert. And I cried, ‘Ah, God, take me from this place!’ A voice said, ‘It is no desert.’ I cried, ‘Well, But - The sand, the heat, the vacant horizon.’ A voice said, ‘It is no desert.’

    Stephen Crane (1984). “Prose and Poetry”, p.1314, Library of America
  • Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches,Raged at his breast, gulped and died,Do not weep.War is kind.

    Stephen Crane (1899). “War Is Kind”, p.4, Library of Alexandria
  • Truth ... Is a breath, a wind, A shadow, a phantom; Long have I pursued it, But never have I touched The hem of its garment.

    Stephen Crane (2016). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.10, Courier Dover Publications
  • In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, ‘Is it good, friend?’ ‘It is bitter — bitter,’ he answered, ‘But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.

    The Black Riders and Other Lines "In the Desert" l. 1 (1895)
  • Over the river a golden ray of sun came through the hosts of leaden rain clouds.

    Stephen Crane (1984). “Prose and Poetry”, p.212, Library of America
  • There were many who went in huddled procession,They knew not wither,But, at any rate, success or calamityWould attend all in equality.There was one who sought a new road,He went into direful thickets,And ultimately he died thus, alone;But they said he had courage.

    Stephen Crane (1984). “Prose and Poetry”, p.1304, Library of America
  • Everything is bicycle.

    Stephen Crane (1984). “Prose and Poetry”, p.859, Library of America
  • Half of tradition is a lie.

    Lying  
  • 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 not weep. War is kind. Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment, Little souls who thirst for fight, These men were born to drill and die. The unexplained glory flies above them, Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom -A field where a thousand corpses lie. Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.

    Lying  
    Stephen Crane (1899). “War Is Kind”, p.4, Library of Alexandria
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