Kevin

“The sand of the desert of Yondo is not as the sand of other deserts; for Yondo lies nearest of all to the world’s rim; and strange winds, blowing from a gulf no astronomer may hope to fathom, have sown its ruinous fields with the grey dust of corroding planets, the black ashes of extinguished suns. The dark orb-like mountains which rise from its wrinkled and pitted plain are not all its own, for some are fallen asteroids.

- The Abominations of Yondo”
― Clark Ashton Smith, The Abominations of Yondo

“That's the way with civilized men. When they can't explain something by their half-baked science, they refuse to believe it.”
― Robert E. Howard, Conan of Cimmeria

“Down the mountain slopes, like a whirl of shining dust blown before the wind, a crimson, conoid cloud came dancing. Khemsa's dark face turned ashen; his hand began to tremble, then sank to his side. The girl beside him, sensing the change in him, stared at him inquiringly.”
― Robert E. Howard, Conan of Cimmeria

“It takes oppression and hardship to stiffen men's guts and put the fire of hell into their thews.”
― Robert E. Howard, Conan of Cimmeria