Quotes by : H. P. Lovecraft

But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.

No breed of cats in its proper condition can by any stretch of the imagination be thought of as even....

Imagination is a very potent thing, and in the uneducated often usurps the place of genuine experience.....

Indeed, there is much in pure humanitarian culture, as opposed to rigid scientific training, which encourages....

Nothing is really typical of my efforts... I'm simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and....

We must realise that man's nature will remain the same so long as he remains man; that civilisation is....

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

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

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear....

Science, already oppressive with its shocking revelations, will perhaps be the ultimate exterminator....