More Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft
I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
At night, when the objective world has slunk back into its cavern and left dreamers to their own, there come inspirations and capabilities impossible at any less magical and quiet hour. No one knows whether or not he is a writer unless he has tried writing at night.
Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of the infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.
That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.
Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots.
It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not to exist at all.
I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.
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.
