Quote by Arthur Machen

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

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

“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

“He knew then how the dull flesh of man can be like fire”

— Arthur Machen

“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

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

“We have just begun to navigate a strange region; we must expect to encounter strange adventures, strange perils.”

— Arthur Machen

“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

There are strange things lost and forgotten in obscure corners of the newspaper.

— Arthur Machen

“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

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

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

— Arthur Machen