--- title: "1 Life Evolved Quotes By William Hope Hodgson" description: "1 Life Evolved quotes by William Hope Hodgson. Plus more from William Hope Hodgson and more Life Evolved sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19d/william-hope-hodgson-38192_life_yes-doctor-i-said-in-brief-your-argument_1471590.jpg" --- > [“Yes, Doctor,' I said. 'In brief, your argument is that Life is a thing, state, fact, or element, call-it-what-you-like, which requires the Material through which to manifest itself, and that given the Material, plus the Conditions, the result is Life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/yes-doctor-i-said-in-brief-your-argument-is-that-life-is-a-thing/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19d/william-hope-hodgson-38192_life_yes-doctor-i-said-in-brief-your-argument_1471590.jpg) ## More by William Hope Hodgson > [Impossible, that blind the mind, and looked out into the unknown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/impossible-that-blind-the-mind-and-looked-out-into-the-unknown/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [“And then, suddenly, an extraordinary question rose in my mind, whether this stupendous globe of green fire might not be the vast Central Sun—the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/and-then-suddenly-an-extraordinary-question-rose-in-my-mind-whether/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [“And they made dim the lights in the Great Causeway, that there should no glare go forth into the Land, when the Gate was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/and-they-made-dim-the-lights-in-the-great-causeway-that-there-should/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [“Yes, Doctor,' I said. 'In brief, your argument is that Life is a thing, state, fact, or element, call-it-what-you-like, which requires the Material through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/yes-doctor-i-said-in-brief-your-argument-is-that-life-is-a-thing/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [“I read, and, in reading, lifted the Curtains of the Impossible that blind the mind, and looked out into the unknown.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/i-read-and-in-reading-lifted-the-curtains-of-the-impossible-that/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [“There had stood a great house in the centre of the gardens, where now was left only that fragment of ruin. This house had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/there-had-stood-a-great-house-in-the-centre-of-the-gardens-where-now/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [“Moreover, they who returned, if any, would be flogged, as seemed proper, after due examination. And though the news of their beatings might help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/moreover-they-who-returned-if-any-would-be-flogged-as-seemed-proper/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [“And I cannot touch her face  And I cannot touch her hair, And I kneel to empty shadows-- Just memories of her grace; And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/and-i-cannot-touch-her-face-and-i-cannot-touch-her-hair-and-i-kneel/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [“Six days, and I have eaten nothing. It is night. I am sitting in my chair. Ah, God! I wonder have any ever felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/six-days-and-i-have-eaten-nothing-it-is-night-i-am-sitting-in-my/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [The world was held in a savage gloom - cold and intolerable. Outside, all was quiet - quiet! From the dark room behind me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/the-world-was-held-in-a-savage-gloom-cold-and-intolerable-outside-all/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [By millions of years, time winged onward through eternity, to the end - the end, of which, in the old-earth days, I had thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/by-millions-of-years-time-winged-onward-through-eternity-to-the-end/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) > [“The history of all love is writ with one pen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hope-hodgson/the-history-of-all-love-is-writ-with-one-pen/) [William Hope Hodgson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hope-hodgson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-evolved/william-hope-hodgson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Life Evolved Quotes By William Hope Hodgson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Yes, Doctor,' I said. 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