Literary Quote of the Day: Stephen Crane

Posted by SHAUN MULLEN, TMV Columnist in War.
Feb 26th, 2007 | 5 responses

Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American journalist and novelist best known for “The Red Badge of Courage� (1895), a bestseller that plumbed the mind of a young soldier as he dealt with the horrors and triumphs of the Civil War. It is considered by some people to be the first detailed account of what has become known as post-traumatic stress disorder.

An excerpt:

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.

5 Responses to “Literary Quote of the Day: Stephen Crane”

1. Gray says:

   February 26, 2007 at 9:43 am

   There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn’t have to; but if he didn’t want to he was sane and had to.

   Joseph Heller, ‘Catch-22′
2. Gray says:

   February 26, 2007 at 9:47 am

   At least foolish wannabe heros of the past like this guy played by Audie Murphy went to war themselves. Today’s keyvboard kommandos already feel mighty patriotic when they send other people to die.
3. Gray says:

   February 26, 2007 at 9:53 am

   We have lost all feeling for one another. We can hardly control ourselves when our hunted glance lights on the form of some other man. We are insensible, dead men, who through some trick, some dreadful magic, are still able to run and to kill.

   Erich Maria Remarque, ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’
4. domajot says:

   February 26, 2007 at 2:19 pm

   War is hell.

   That’s the conclusion after every war. But it’s a lesson humans seem incapable of learning. No sooner one war is done with, when we start gearing up for the next.
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