“He wanted to publish a book, but it never came to that, for he kept changing his manuscript, changing it so often and to such an extent that nothing was left of the manuscript, for the change in his manuscript was nothing other than the complete deletion of the manuscript, of which finally nothing remained except the title, The Loser.”
― The Loser
― The Loser
“You see, Reverend, I would be alright if only I didn't have to hear it any more.' 'But what dear friend?' 'Do you really hear nothing? Do you not hear the terrible voice screaming around us on every side, the voice commonly known as silence? Since I came to this silent valley I have heard it all the time, it won't let me sleep, oh yes, Reverend, if only I could sleep again.”
― Lenz
― Lenz
“He whispered
That my plan was misconceived
That my special plan for this world was a terrible mistake
Because, he said, there is nothing to do and there is no where to go
There is nothing to be and there is no one to know
Your plan is a mistake, he repeated
This world is a mistake, I replied”
― I Have a Special Plan for This World
That my plan was misconceived
That my special plan for this world was a terrible mistake
Because, he said, there is nothing to do and there is no where to go
There is nothing to be and there is no one to know
Your plan is a mistake, he repeated
This world is a mistake, I replied”
― I Have a Special Plan for This World
“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 infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.”
― The Call of Cthulhu
― The Call of Cthulhu
“I have arguments with myself.'
'About what?'
'Between the part of me that believes in things, and the part that doesn't.'
'And which wins?'
'Sometimes one. Sometimes the other.”
― The Pumpkin Eater
'About what?'
'Between the part of me that believes in things, and the part that doesn't.'
'And which wins?'
'Sometimes one. Sometimes the other.”
― The Pumpkin Eater
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