H. P. Lovecraft Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.”

“To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.”

“We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight.”

“Heaven knows where I'll end up - but it's a safe bet that I'll never be at the top of anything! Nor do I particularly care to be.”

“What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world's beauty, is everything!”

“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?”

“Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity.”

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