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Stephen Crane quotes about manly

American Writer November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900

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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
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
The ranks opened covertly to avoid the corpse. The invulnerable dead man forced a way for himself. The youth looked keenly at the ashen face. The wind raised the tawny beard. It moved as if a hand were stroking it. He vaguely desired to walk around and around the body and stare; the impulse of the living to try to read in dead eyes the answer to the Question. Stephen Crane
When the prophet, a complacent fat man, Arrived at the mountain-top He cried: "Woe to my knowledge! I intended to see good white lands And bad black lands— But the scene is grey. Stephen Crane
Tell her this And more,— That the king of the seas Weeps too, old, helpless man. The bustling fates Heap his hands with corpses Until he stands like a child With surplus of toys. Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane quote: "LVIA man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that..."
LVIA man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other. Stephen Crane
XXIVI 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. Stephen Crane
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
A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer. Stephen Crane
One viewed the existence of man then as a marvel, and conceded a glamour of wonder to these lice which were caused to cling to a whirling, fire-smote, ice-locked, disease-stricken, space-lost bulb. Stephen Crane
There was a man with tongue of wood who essayed to sing, and in truth it was lamentable; but there was one who heard the clip-clapper of this tongue of wood, and knew what the man wished to sing, and with that the singer was content. Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane quote: "The man had arrived at that stage of drunkenness where..."
The man had arrived at that stage of drunkenness where affection is felt for the universe. Stephen Crane
A man said to the universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the universe. 'The fact has not created in me. A sense of obligation. Stephen Crane

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