“The past is latent, is submerged, but still there, capable of rising to the surface once the later imprinting unfortunately--and against ordinary experience--vanished. The man contains--not the boy--but earlier men, he thought. History began a long time ago.”
― Ubik
― Ubik
“He used to feel smaller than them, less significant, as if he’d been born without some essential gene to make him acceptable to other people.”
― North American Lake Monsters
― North American Lake Monsters
“What infuriated many observers was that everything had changed and nothing had changed. That in fact seems to be the nature of English life. It was a revolution which had not changed the nature of governance.”
― Dominion: The History of England from the Battle of Waterloo to Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
― Dominion: The History of England from the Battle of Waterloo to Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
“Strange is the night where black stars rise,
and strange moons circle through the skies,
but stranger still is
lost Carcosa.”
― The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories
and strange moons circle through the skies,
but stranger still is
lost Carcosa.”
― The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories
“To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. Horror defies our boundaries and illuminates our souls.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
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