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

Quote by H P Lovecraft

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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...

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

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

Heaven knows where I'll end up - but it's a safe bet that I'll never...

Heaven knows where I'll end up - but it's a safe bet that I'll never...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is...

All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

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...

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.