H. P. Lovecraft Quotes
Most popular H. P. Lovecraft Quotes
Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots.
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
We own a dog—he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat—he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there.
When one's cynicism becomes perfect and absolute, there is no longer any thing amusing in the stupidity and hypocrisy of the herd. It is all to be expected—what else could human nature produce?
We must realize that man's nature will remain the same so long as he remains man; that civilization is but a slight coverlet beneath which the dominant beast sleeps lightly and ever ready to awake.
It is no compliment to be the stupidly idolized master of a dog whose instinct it is to idolize, but it is a very distinct tribute to be chosen as the friend and confidant of a philosophic cat who is wholly his own master and could easily have chosen another companion...more agreeable and interesting.
