More Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft
If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!
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.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not to exist at all.
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown
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.
Never Explain Anything
Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots.
I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.
Religion is still useful among the herd - that it helps their orderly conduct as nothing else could. The crude human animal is in-eradicably superstitious, and there is every biological reason why they should be. Take away his Christian god and saints, and he will worship something else...
