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“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 Call of Cthulhu: With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss
― The Call of Cthulhu: With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss
“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“There are people.
There are stories.
The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse if often closer to the truth.
Stories shape the world. They exist independently of people, and in places quite devoid of man, there may yet be mythologies.”
― Swamp Thing, Vol. 2: Love and Death
There are stories.
The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse if often closer to the truth.
Stories shape the world. They exist independently of people, and in places quite devoid of man, there may yet be mythologies.”
― Swamp Thing, Vol. 2: Love and Death
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
― Supernatural Horror in Literature
― Supernatural Horror in Literature
“And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!”
― Where the Wild Things Are
― Where the Wild Things Are
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