We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight.

Quote by H P Lovecraft

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Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing...

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing...

There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those...

There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those...

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.

But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is...

But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is...

I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth...

I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth...

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of...

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of...

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire...

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire...

If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an...

If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an...

I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all...

I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all...

Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have...

Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have...

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What...

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What...

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

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

The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to...

The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to...

What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a...

What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a...

That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may...

That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger aeons, even Death may...

Do what you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do what you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

For mortals vanished from the day's sweet light I shed no tear; rather I mourn...

For mortals vanished from the day's sweet light I shed no tear; rather I mourn...

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by...

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by...