Cosmic terror appears as an ingredient of the earliest folklore of all races and is crystallised in the most archaic ballads, chronicles, and sacred writings.
H. P. LOVECRAFTBut more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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I am not very proud of being an human being; in fact, I distinctly dislike the species in many ways. I can readily conceive of beings vastly superior in every respect.
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One can never produce anything as terrible and impressive as one can awesomely hint about.
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Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.
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Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
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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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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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I do not think that any realism is beautiful.
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We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
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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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I couldn’t live a week without a private library – indeed, I’d part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I’d let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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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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All of my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and emotions have no validity or significance in the cosmos-at-large.
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