There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street.

Quote by H P Lovecraft

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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...

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...

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?

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...