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Stephen Crane quotes about him

American Writer November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900

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Within him, as he hurled himself forward, was born a love, a despairing fondness for this flag which was near him. It was a creation of beauty and invulnerability. It was a goddess, radiant, that bended its form with an imperious gesture to him. It was a woman, red and white, hating and loving, that called him with the voice of his hopes. Because no harm could come to it he endowed it with power. He kept near, as if it could be a saver of lives, and an imploring cry went from his mind. Stephen Crane
When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples. Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane quote: "He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running..."
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. Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane quote: "When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked..."
When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked him: "Why?" He replied: "Because no one admired me. Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane quote: "They would jeer him, and, if practicable, pelt him with missiles."
They would jeer him, and, if practicable, pelt him with missiles. Stephen Crane

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