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If I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned — if I am…

Quote byStephen Crane · 1871–1900

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Open Boat (1894), Pt. VI.

English (original)

If I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods, who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees?

— Stephen Crane

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