Stephen Vincent Benét Quotes

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
~ Stephen Vincent Benét

Books;

Burn my heart at Wounded Knee.
~ Stephen Vincent Benét
- American Names, 1927 - refering to the massacre at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, Dec 29, 1890

American History;

Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planet unvexed by war, untroubled by hunger or fear, undivided by senseless distinctions of race, color or theory.
~ Stephen Vincent Benét

Earth;

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
~ Stephen Vincent Benét

Honesty;