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My nervous system is a shattered wreck, and I am absolutely bored and listless save when I come upon something which peculiarly interests me.

H. P. Lovecraft

There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street.
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Dare Myself Place Soul
Write out the story – rapidly, fluently, and not too critically – following the second or narrative-order synopsis. Change incidents and plot whenever the developing process seems to suggest such change, never being bound by any previous design.
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Change Design Development Follow Story Writing
Truth is of no practical value to mankind save as it affects terrestrial phenomena, hence the discoveries of science should be concealed or glossed over wherever they conflict with orthodoxy.
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Discover Practice Science Truth Value
We should perceive that man’s period of historical existence, a period so short that his physical constitution has not been altered in the slightest degree, is insufficient to allow of any considerable mental change.
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Change Condition History Man Mental Physical
I could not write about ‘ordinary people’ because I am not in the least interested in them.
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Interest Myself People Writing
I have concluded that Literature is no proper pursuit for a gentleman and that Writing ought never to be consider’d but as an elegant Accomplishment to be indulg’d in with infrequency and Discrimination.
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Accomplishment Literature Myself Writing
Horrors, I believe, should be original – the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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Believe Common Influence Legend Weakness
I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.
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Demand Enthusiasm Fear Myself Work
Imagination is a very potent thing, and in the uneducated often usurps the place of genuine experience.
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Education Experience Genuine Imagination Potential
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity.
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Choice Expression Feeling Group People Religious Sanity Strong Togetherness
In writing a weird story, I always try very carefully to achieve the right mood and atmosphere and place the emphasis where it belongs.
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Achievement Atmosphere Care Myself Place Story Weird Writing
It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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Horror Mistake Silence Solitude
To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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Pursue Revelation Science Truth
Certain of Poe’s tales possess an almost absolute perfection of artistic form which makes them veritable beacon-lights in the province of the short story.
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Absolute Form Light Perfection Possession
I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.
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Business Dreams Interest Man Thinking
Atmosphere, not action, is the great desideratum of weird fiction. Indeed, all that a wonder story can ever be is a vivid picture of a certain type of human mood.
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Atmosphere Greatness Human Mood

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