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The most merciful thing in the world, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

H. P. Lovecraft

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
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Emotion Fear Feeling Kind Man Old Strong Unknown
The most merciful thing in the world, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
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Content Human Mercy Mindset World
I have no illusions concerning the precarious status of my tales and do not expect to become a serious competitor of my favorite weird authors.
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Author Competition Illusion Serious Status
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
That metre itself forms an essential part of all true poetry is a principle which not even the assertions of an Aristotle or the pronouncements of a Plato can disestablish.
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Aristotle Establishment Poetry Principle Pronounce
If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians.
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Creation Ideal Myself Taste World
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
Of our relation to all creation we can never know anything whatsoever. All is immensity and chaos. But, since all this knowledge of our limitations cannot possibly be of any value to us, it is better to ignore it in our daily conduct of life.
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Better Chaos Creation Immense Life Relation Value
Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
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Ancient Dreams Memories Mountain Ocean Ourselves Time
Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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Childhood Fear Happiness Memories Sadness
One can never produce anything as terrible and impressive as one can awesomely hint about.
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Awesome Impressive Production Terrible
There are not many persons who know what wonders are opened to them in the stories and visions of their youth; for when as children we listen and dream, we think but half-formed thoughts, and when as men we try to remember, we are dulled and prosaic with the poison of life.
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Dreams Life Open Person Poison Vision Wonder Youth
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
Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.
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End Journey Sing
Heaven knows where I’ll end up – but it’s a safe bet that I’ll never be at the top of anything! Nor do I particularly care to be.
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Care Heaven Known Myself Safety Top
The real lover of cats is one who demands a clearer adjustment to the universe than ordinary household platitudes provide; one who refuses to swallow the sentimental notion that all good people love dogs, children, and horses while all bad people dislike and are disliked by such.
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Cat Children Dog Lover Oneself Ordinary People Reality

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