I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim, Where they roll in their horror unheeded, Without knowledge, or lustre, or name.

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That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.

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Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.

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At night, when the objective world has slunk back into its cavern and left dreamers to their own, there come inspirations and capabilities impossible at any less magical and quiet hour. No one knows whether or not he is a writer unless he has tried writing at night.

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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

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From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.

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Never Explain Anything

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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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If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!

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The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.

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