The 'punch' of a truly weird tale is simply some violation or transcending of fixed cosmic law - an imaginative escape from palling reality - hence, phenomena rather than persons are the logical 'heroes.'
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H. P. Lovecraft
These are some quotes by American author H. P. Lovecraft Novelist, who lived between August 20, 1890 and March 15, 1937.
Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft
Personally, I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion, since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate.
