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> [He stood there for a moment looking around the silent room, shaking his head slowly. All these books, he thought, the residue of a planet’s intellect, the scrapings of futile minds, the leftovers, the potpourri of artifacts that had no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/he-stood-there-for-a-moment-looking-around-the-silent-room-shaking/)

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## More by Richard Matheson

> [God, how impossible life is without money. Nothing can ever overcome it, it's everything when it's anything. How can I write in peace with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/god-how-impossible-life-is-without-money-nothing-can-ever-overcome-it/)

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> [(After death.) So few people who come across, possess awareness of any kind. All they bring along with them are worthless values. All they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/after-death-so-few-people-who-come-across-possess-awareness-of-any/)

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> [“He thought about that visionary lady. To die, he thought, never knowing the fierce joy and attendant comfort of a loved one's embrace. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/he-thought-about-that-visionary-lady-to-die-he-thought-never-knowing/)

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> [“All right, little boy, he tried kidding himself, calm down now. Santa Claus is coming to town with all the nice answers. No longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/all-right-little-boy-he-tried-kidding-himself-calm-down-now-santa/)

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> [I think we're yearning for something beyond the every day. And I will tell you I don't believe in the supernatural, I believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/i-think-we-re-yearning-for-something-beyond-the-every-day-and-i-will/)

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> [I wrote about real people and real circumstances and real neighborhoods. There was no crypt or castles or H.P. Lovecraft-type environments. They were just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/i-wrote-about-real-people-and-real-circumstances-and-real/)

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> [Let the jagged edge of sobriety be now dulled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/let-the-jagged-edge-of-sobriety-be-now-dulled/)

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> [“It’s horrible," she said. He looked at her in surprise. Horrible? Wasn’t that odd? He hadn’t thought that for years. For him the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/it-s-horrible-she-said-he-looked-at-her-in-surprise-horrible-wasn-t/)

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> [In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming. Horror he had adjusted to. But monotony was the greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/in-a-world-of-monotonous-horror-there-could-be-no-salvation-in-wild/)

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> [There we will, I pray, remain and learn and grow until the time when we will rise together to the ultimate heights, changing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/there-we-will-i-pray-remain-and-learn-and-grow-until-the-time-when-we/)

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> [“No, by God, he had no intention of going on like a blind man, plodding down a path of brainless, fruitless existence until old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/no-by-god-he-had-no-intention-of-going-on-like-a-blind-man-plodding/)

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> [I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers to lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/i-think-what-dreams-may-come-is-the-most-important-read-effective/)

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> [“I looked at all the people, feeling sorry for them. They were still subordinate to clock and calendar. Absolved of that, I stood becalmed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/i-looked-at-all-the-people-feeling-sorry-for-them-they-were-still/)

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> [To get married and have a family, is to grow up and mature. It's the only way. You can read philosophy books for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/to-get-married-and-have-a-family-is-to-grow-up-and-mature-it-s-the/)

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> [“The man of my dreams is almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/the-man-of-my-dreams-is-almost-faded-now-the-one-i-have-created-in-my/)

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