I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men. H. P. Lovecraft More Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft More Quotes From H. P. Lovecraft A serious adult story must be true to something in life. Since marvel tales cannot be true to the events of life, they must shift their emphasis towards something to which they can be true; namely, certain wistful or restless moods of the human spirit, wherein it seeks to weave gossamer ladders of escape from the galling tyranny of time, space, and natural law. H. P. Lovecraft adults space law I do not regard the rise of woman as a bad sign. Rather do I fancy that her traditional subordination was itself an artificial and undesirable condition based on Oriental influences. Our virile Teutonic ancestors did not think their wives unworthy to follow them into battle, or scorn to dream of winged Valkyries bearing them to Valhalla. H. P. Lovecraft women dream thinking Through all this horror my cat stalked unperturbed. Once I saw him monstrously perched atop a mountain of bones, and wondered at the secrets that might lie behind his yellow eyes. H. P. Lovecraft cat eye lying I have looked upon all the universe has to hold of horror,and even the skies of spring and flowers of summer must ever afterward be poison to me. H. P. Lovecraft flower summer spring It was from the artists and poets that the pertinent answers came, and I know that panic would have broken loose had they been able to compare notes. H. P. Lovecraft broken artist answers There are black zones of shadow close to our daily paths, and now and then some evil soul breaks a passage through. When that happens, the man who knows must strike before reckoning the consequences. H. P. Lovecraft soul evil men To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth. H. P. Lovecraft scientist depressing joy I am, indeed, an absolute materialist so far as actual belief goes; with not a shred of credence in any form of supernaturalism—religion, spiritualism, transcendentalism, metempsychosis, or immortality. H. P. Lovecraft psychosis atheism atheist There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street. H. P. Lovecraft streets dare soul More wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of the ocean. Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. All my days I have watched it and listened to it, and I know it well. At first it told to me only the plain little tales of calm beaches and near ports, but with the years it grew more friendly and spoke of other things; of things more strange and more distant in space and time. H. P. Lovecraft ocean beach book When Randolph Carter was thirty he lost the key of the gate of dreams. H. P. Lovecraft thirty keys dream Zoologists seem to consider the cerebration of cats and dogs about 50-50 -- but my respect always goes to the cool, sure, impersonal, delicately poised feline who minds his business and never slobbers. H. P. Lovecraft cat dog mind The sea can bind us to her many moods, whispering to us by the subtle token of a shadow or a gleam upon the waves, and hinting in these ways of her mournfulness or rejoicing. Always she is remembering old things, and these memories, though we may not grasp them, are imparted to us, so that we share her gaiety or remorse. H. P. Lovecraft old-things sea memories Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end. H. P. Lovecraft toil journey song Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability. H. P. Lovecraft unexpected inspirational life A page of Addison or of Irving will teach more of style than a whole manual of rules, whilst a story of Poe's will impress upon the mind a more vivid notion of powerful and correct description and narration than will ten dry chapters of a bulky textbook. H. P. Lovecraft style powerful writing From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent. H. P. Lovecraft absent irony horror All great humorists are sad... I cannot help seeing beyond the tinsel of humour, and recognising the pitiful basis of jest - the world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind. H. P. Lovecraft comic helping world The dog is a peasant and the cat is a gentleman. H. P. Lovecraft cat gentleman dog There were nameless horrors abroad; and no matter how little one might be able to get at them, one ought tp stand prepared for any sort of action at any time. H. P. Lovecraft matter littles might
