Stephen Crane Quotes

They were going to look at war, the red animal--war, the blood-swollen god. ~ The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane As he gazed around him the youth felt a flash of astonishment at the blue, pure sky and the sun gleamings on the trees and fields. It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment. ~ The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 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. ~ The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage. ~ The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane