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.
H. P. LOVECRAFTI am essentially a recluse who will have very little to do with people wherever he may be. I think that most people only make me nervous – that only by accident, and in extremely small quantities, would I ever be likely to come across people who wouldn’t.
More H. P. Lovecraft Quotes
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I do not think that any realism is beautiful.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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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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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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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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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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Never should an unfamiliar word be passed over without elucidation, for, with a little conscientious research, we may each day add to our conquests in the realm of philology and become more and more ready for graceful independent expression.
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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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Life is a hideous thing, and from the background behind what we know of it peer daemoniacal hints of truth which make it sometimes a thousandfold more hideous.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight.
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Imagination is a very potent thing, and in the uneducated often usurps the place of genuine experience.
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Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.
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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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Horrors, I believe, should be original – the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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