It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road. Robert E. Howard More Quotes by Robert E. Howard More Quotes From Robert E. Howard How can I wear the harness of toil And sweat at the daily round, While in my soul forever The drums of Pictdom sound? Robert E. Howard sweatsoulforever I don't believe I ever saw an Oklahoman who wouldn't fight at the drop of a hat - and frequently drop the hat himself. Robert E. Howard oklahomansfightingbelieve Coming, as I do, from mountain folk on one side and sea followers on the other, there are few old songs of the hills or the sea with which I am not familiar. Robert E. Howard mountainseasong Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Robert E. Howard oceanstarsson Animals are neither gods nor fiends, but men in their way without the lust and greed of man. Robert E. Howard greedanimalmen I have no fear of the Hereafter. An orthodox hell could hardly be more torture than my life has been. Robert E. Howard torturehellno-fear Civilization is a network and a maze of precedences and custom. Robert E. Howard customsmazescivilization In this world men struggle and suffer vainly, finding pleasure only in the bright madness of battle; dying, their souls enter a gray misty realm of clouds and icy winds, to wander cheerlessly throughout eternity. Robert E. Howard strugglecloudsmen Aye, you white dog, you are like all your race; but to a black man gold can never pay for blood. Robert E. Howard racedogmen Rome got some peachy pastings when she tried to lick the Irish. Robert E. Howard peachyrome A woman in such an emotional tempest is as perilous as a blind cobra to any about her. Robert E. Howard cobraswomenemotional Men are but men, and the greatest men are they who soonest learn the simpler things. Robert E. Howard greatest-manmen What always was must always be. Robert E. Howard All fled—all done, so lift me on the pyre— The Feast is over, and the lamps expire. Robert E. Howard lampsdonesuicide I have known many gods. He who denies them is blind as he who trusts them too deeply. Robert E. Howard palatedenyblind One objection I have heard voiced to works of this kinddealing with Texasis the amount of gore spilled across the pages. It can not be otherwise. In order to write a realistic and true history of any part of the Southwest, one must narrate such things, even at the risk of monotony. Robert E. Howard texaswritingorder My body seems a mere encumbrance to me; an imbecillic wagon, hitched to the horse of desire, which is the soul. Robert E. Howard horsesouldesire I have put off the past like a worn-out cloak. Robert E. Howard cloakswornpast It is not pleasant to come upon Death in a lonely place at midnight. Robert E. Howard midnightlonelydeath Life is but a web spun of ghosts and dreams and illusions. Robert E. Howard ghostdreamlife
