For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced. — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its sourceFor, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced. and final principles, vanishes into mystery. — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
We both wondered whether these contradictions that one can't avoid if one begins to think of time and space may not really be proofs… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
The saint endeavors to recover a gift which he has lost; the sinner tries to obtain something which was never his. In brief, he… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
“Happiness, said De Quincey, on his discovery of the paradise that he thought he had found in opium, could be sent down by the… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
“By what seemed then and still seems a chance, the suggestion of a moment’s idle thought followed up upon familiar lines and paths that… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
“We have just begun to navigate a strange region; we must expect to encounter strange adventures, strange perils.” — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
“We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
There are strange things lost and forgotten in obscure corners of the newspaper. — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
“Here, I could see, was choice matter on which the expert and art critic could exercise their knowledge and judgment. As I had neither,… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
Very softly, but very swiftly, Last, the man with the grey face and the staring eyes, bolted for his life, down and away from… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible. — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
