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 CraneSuch 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 CraneIt was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws.
Stephen CraneWhen the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked him: "Why?" He replied: "Because no one admired me.
Stephen CraneDo 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.
Stephen Crane