I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. H. P. Lovecraft demandenthusiasmfear Change image and share on social
Plots may be simple or complex, but suspense, and climactic progress from one incident to another, are essential. Every incident in a fictional work should have some bearing on the climax or denouement, and any denouement which is not the inevitable result of the preceding incidents is awkward and unliterary. H. P. Lovecraft awkwardbearclimactic share on social
To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form - and local human passions and conditions and standards - are depicted as native to other worlds and universes. H. P. Lovecraft conditiondepictform Change image and share on social
What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world's beauty, is everything! H. P. Lovecraft beautyinstrumentman Change image and share on social
The reason why time plays a great part in so many of my tales is that this element looms up in my mind as the most profoundly dramatic and grimly terrible thing in the universe. H. P. Lovecraft dramaticelementgreat Change image and share on social
Very few minds are strictly normal, and all religious fanatics are marked with abnormalities of various sorts. H. P. Lovecraft abnormalityfanaticmark Change image and share on social
I do not think that any realism is beautiful. H. P. Lovecraft beautifulrealism Change image and share on social
Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and shambles to bring it to you. Do the same before a cat, and he will eye you with coolly polite and somewhat bored amusement. H. P. Lovecraft amusementborebring Change image and share on social
The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination. H. P. Lovecraft abyssblackdelve Change image and share on social
Of our relation to all creation we can never know anything whatsoever. All is immensity and chaos. But, since all this knowledge of our limitations cannot possibly be of any value to us, it is better to ignore it in our daily conduct of life. H. P. Lovecraft chaosconductcreation share on social