“But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart.”
Stephen Crane (1871–1900) American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
“In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter—bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."”
Source: The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895), III
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