Dog Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

9 Dog quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

When the old‑world dread of Lovecraft meets a wagging tail, the result is oddly unsettling. This tiny set of nine verses shows how the master of the macabre could spin a canine into something both familiar and alien.

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The dog is a peasant and the cat is a gentleman.

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Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and shambles to bring it to you. Do the same before a…

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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection…

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Zoologists seem to consider the cerebration of cats and dogs about 50-50 -- but my respect always goes to the cool, sure,…

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It is no compliment to be the stupidly idolised master of a dog whose instinct it is to idolise, but it is…

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Contrary to what you may assume, I am not a pessimist but an indifferentist- that is, I don't make the mistake of…

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We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master' of a cat? We own a…

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A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his…

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Pessimists are just as illogical as optimists; insomuch as both envisage the aims of mankind as unified, and as having a direct…

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