The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

Quote by H P Lovecraft

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Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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?

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 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...