I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.

Quote by H P Lovecraft

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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?

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...