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Stephen Crane Quotes

1871–1900 United States

Stephen Crane (1 November 1871 – 5 June 1900) was an American novelist, poet and journalist.

United States
19th-century poets
Journalists
Novelists
Short story writers

Also known as: Crane, Stephen

Random Stephen Crane quote

23 quotes

If I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods, who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees?

The Open Boat (1894)

Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing
And a field where a thousand corpses lie.

War Is Kind and Other Lines (1899)

You cannot choose your battlefield,
God does that for you;
But you can plant a standard
Where a standard never flew.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Stephen Crane (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.