Complete Works of Stephen Crane Quotes

“MARJORY walked pensively along the hall. In the cool shadows made by the palms on the window ledge, her face wore the expression of thoughtful melancholy expected on the faces of the devotees who pace in cloistered gloom. She halted before a door at the end of the hall and laid her hand on the knob. She stood hesitating, her head bowed. It was evident that this mission was to require great fortitude.”
― Stephen Crane, The Complete Works of Stephen Crane: The Red Badge of Courage, Active Service, The Little Regiment And Other Episodes From The American Civil War and More

“The human back can become the seat of more aches and pains than are registered in books for the composite anatomy of a regiment.”
― Stephen Crane, The Complete Works of Stephen Crane: Novels, Novellas, Short Stories & Poetry