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

Quote by H P Lovecraft

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.