For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of Hell itself, and against such not even the legions of Hell can stand. Robert E. Howard More Quotes by Robert E. Howard More Quotes From Robert E. Howard When I cannot stand alone, it will be time to die. Robert E. Howard stand-alone dies death Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Robert E. Howard barbarism states natural I have gone into yesterday and tomorrow and both were as real as today -- which is like the dreams of ghosts! Robert E. Howard real yesterday dream While we may open the books of the past, we may but grant flying glances of the future, through the mist that veils it. Robert E. Howard flying book past Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat & stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame crimson, and I am content"......Conan the Cimmerian. Robert E. Howard flames wine blue Never the less, it is no light thing to enter into a profession absolutely foreign and alien to the people among which one's lot is cast; a profession which seems as dim and faraway and unreal as the shores of Europe. Robert E. Howard alien never light people