--- title: "1 Years Thirty Quotes By Richard Matheson" description: "1 Years Thirty quotes by Richard Matheson. Plus more from Richard Matheson and more Years Thirty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc0/richard-matheson-3375_change_despite-everything-he-had-or-might-have_526134.jpg" --- > [“Despite everything he had or might have (except, of course, another human being), life gave no promise of improvement or even of change. The way things shaped up, he would live out his life with no more than he already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/despite-everything-he-had-or-might-have-except-of-course-another/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc0/richard-matheson-3375_change_despite-everything-he-had-or-might-have_526134.jpg) ## 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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [(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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [“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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [“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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [Let the jagged edge of sobriety be now dulled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-matheson/let-the-jagged-edge-of-sobriety-be-now-dulled/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [“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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [“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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [“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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) > [“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/) [Richard Matheson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-matheson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-thirty/richard-matheson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Years Thirty Quotes By Richard Matheson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Despite everything he had or might have (except, of course, another human being), life gave no promise of improvement or even of change. The way things shaped up, he would live out his life with no more than he already had. And how many years was that? Thirty, maybe forty if he didn’t drink himself to death. 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