“By noon Carter reached the jasper terraces of Kiran which slope down to the river's edge and bear that temple of loveliness… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Down through this verdant land Carter walked at evening, and saw twilight float up from the river to the marvelous golden spires… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“When the stars were right, They could plunge from world to world through the sky; but when the stars were wrong, They… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Well did the traveler know those garden lands that lie betwixt the wood of the Cerenerian Sea, and blithely did he follow… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Some of them stole off to those cryptical realms which are known only to cats and which villagers say are on the… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and stumbles to bring it to you. Do the same before a… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Fear best lends itself to the creation of Nature-defying illusions.” — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“a new chill from afar out whither the condor had flown, as if my flesh had caught a horror before my eyes had seen… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“One can trace the relics of this former happiness in the trim shapes of the buildings, the occasional graceful churches, and the evidences of… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“many pairs of legs and with two great bat-like wings in the middle of the back. They sometimes walked on all their legs, and… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Calm, lasting beauty comes only in dream, and this solace the world had thrown away when in its worship of the real it threw… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to have done all one’s growing up since 33 — but that’s a damn sight better than not growing up at all.” — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“By noon Carter reached the jasper terraces of Kiran which slope down to the river's edge and bear that temple of loveliness wherein the… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“The vast marble dome of the State House stood out in massive silhouette, its crowning statue haloed fantastically by a break in one of… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“On many occasions the curious atmospheric effects enchanted me vastly; these including a strikingly vivid mirage - the first I had ever seen -… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Heaven knows where I'll end up - it's a safe bet I'll never be at the top of anything! Nor do I particularly care… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image