Ronald

“If asked to name the definitive image in Lovecraft, one might likely say its tentacles flailing from the body of a monster. For me it would be probably be puppets, manikins, and clown-like things, even though these are more often a matter of metaphor than a literal presence of a monstrous type. Nevertheless, if Lovecraft’s tentacle monsters and my puppets and so on fought each other, I think the monsters would win.”
― Thomas Ligotti

“No, the old proverb does not lie: Look for the brave in prison, and the stupid among the political leaders!”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

“Strangeness which is the essence of beauty is the essence of truth, and the essence of the world. I have often felt that; when the ascent of a long hill brought me to the summit of an undiscovered height in London; and I looked down on a new land.”
― Arthur Machen, The London Adventure or The Art of Wandering

“Remember our new motto, dude: ‘Shit’s crazy. Don’t ask.’” ”
― Rob Dircks, Where the Hell is Tesla?