Quotes by : Arthur Machen

He remembered an old tale which his father was fond of telling him—the story of Eos Amherawdur (the....

We both wondered whether these contradictions that one can't avoid if one begins to think of time and....

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of....

Happiness, said De Quincey, on his discovery of the paradise that he thought he had found in opium, could....

So at last Ilar Sant came to this wood, which people now call St. Hilary's wood because they have forgotten....

I dream in fire but work in clay.

I think you are falling into the very general error of confining the spiritual world to the supremely....

We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that....

He loved to meditate on a land laid waste, Britain deserted by the legions, the rare pavements riven....

We have just begun to navigate a strange region; we must expect to encounter strange adventures, strange....