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Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to what the reader should feel. A casual style ruins any serious fantasy.

H. P. Lovecraft

It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day’s end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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Acceptance Discipline Easy Immortal Intellectual Mindset Removal Service
One can never produce anything as terrible and impressive as one can awesomely hint about.
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Awesome Impressive Production Terrible
Fear is our deepest and strongest emotion, and the one which best lends itself to the creation of nature-defying illusions.
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Creation Deep Fear Illusion Nature Ourselves Strong
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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Cosmos Emotion Fundamental
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
I do not think that any realism is beautiful.
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Beautiful Realism Thinking
The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from everyday life.
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Appearance Capacity Degree Demand Imagination Life Reading
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 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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Furniture Library Live Possession Sleep
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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Grace Independent Philology Research Word
The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination.
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Black Fascination Form
I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.
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Demand Enthusiasm Fear Myself Work
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
Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.
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End Journey Sing
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
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

Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to what the reader should feel. A casual style ruins any serious fantasy.

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Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to what the reader should feel. A casual style ruins any serious fantasy.

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