Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity.

Quote by H P Lovecraft

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Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

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...

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...

But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

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.

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...

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...

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of...

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of...

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...

I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.

I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.

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...

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which...

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams...

Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams...