In the life of each of us, I said to myself there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness.

Sarah Orne Jewett

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Topic

Inner life

Author

Sarah Orne Jewett

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Jewett, Sarah Orne. The Country of the Pointed Firs. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Jewett, Sarah Orne. "The Country of the Pointed Firs." The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories. Signet, 2009, ch. 15.

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A man said to the universe:
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."

Stephen Crane

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Topic
Man and the universe

Author

Stephen Crane
Source
A Man Said to the Universe
Language
English
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Crane, Stephen. "A Man Said to the Universe." War is Kind and Other Lines. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899, I. 1.

Current Citation

Crane, Stephen. "A Man Said to the Universe." War is Kind and Other Lines. Dover Publications, 2016, I. 1.