“The man had arrived at that stage of drunkenness where affection is felt for the universe.”

— Stephen Crane , book Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Source: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

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American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist 1871–1900

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