--- title: "123 Robert E. Howard Quotes - Famous Writer (Beyond the Black River)" description: "Robert E. Howard quotes discuss poetry, perseverance, and fierce passion." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-e-howard-79683.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-e-howard-79683.jpg) # Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) Writer United States **123** quotes in **533** categories Don't you think Americans have less poetry in their souls, yet a writer can rise despite any environment. Monsters and darkness can prey on the heart, but living fully, loving, and fighting makes life feel rich. Belief can clash with science, and true passion drives you forward. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Robert E. Howard was a writer from the United States, best known for *Beyond the Black River*. ## Quick Facts About Robert E. Howard Born January 22, 1906 Died June 11, 1936 Nationality United States Profession Writer Notable works Beyond the Black River Known for The Hour of the Dragon, Pigeons from Hell, Worms of the Earth, Kings of the Night ## About Robert E. Howard He is considered the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. ## Quotes by Robert E. Howard > [One man's bane is another's bliss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/one-man-s-bane-is-another-s-bliss/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Bane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/robert-e-howard-3742_bane_one-man-s-bane-is-another-s-bliss-186520_1865205.jpg) > [“Sorcery thrives on success, not on failure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/sorcery-thrives-on-success-not-on-failure/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/robert-e-howard-3742_failure_sorcery-thrives-on-success-not-on-failur_2764706.jpg) > [“Blast your soul, you hussy!" he exclaimed in exasperation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/blast-your-soul-you-hussy-he-exclaimed-in-exasperation/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Exclaimed Exasperation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exclaimed-exasperation-814825/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/robert-e-howard-3742_quote_blast-your-soul-you-hussy-he-exclaimed-i_1666644.jpg) > [What always was must always be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/what-always-was-must-always-be/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/robert-e-howard-3742_quote_what-always-was-must-always-be-1437725_1437725.jpg) > [I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, & am content.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/i-live-i-burn-with-life-i-love-i-slay-am-content/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Burn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/robert-e-howard-3742_burn_i-live-i-burn-with-life-i-love-i-slay-am_206963.jpg) > [I have not been a success, and probably never will be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/i-have-not-been-a-success-and-probably-never-will-be/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Probably](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/probably/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/robert-e-howard-3742_success_i-have-not-been-a-success-and-probably-n_2042834.jpg) > [I became a writer in spite of my environments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/i-became-a-writer-in-spite-of-my-environments/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Environment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/environment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/robert-e-howard-3742_environment_i-became-a-writer-in-spite-of-my-environ_80557.jpg) > [Life is but a web spun of ghosts and dreams and illusions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/life-is-but-a-web-spun-of-ghosts-and-dreams-and-illusions/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/robert-e-howard-3742_dream_life-is-but-a-web-spun-of-ghosts-and-dre_1053490.jpg) > [It is not pleasant to come upon Death in a lonely place at midnight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/it-is-not-pleasant-to-come-upon-death-in-a-lonely-place-at-midnight/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/robert-e-howard-3742_death_it-is-not-pleasant-to-come-upon-death-in_2322484.jpg) > [“Lift that scimitar against me, you Hyrkanian pig and I'll gut you where you stand!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/lift-that-scimitar-against-me-you-hyrkanian-pig-and-i-ll-gut-you/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Stand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/robert-e-howard-3742_quote_lift-that-scimitar-against-me-you-hyrkan_2201940.jpg) > [Man is still an ape in that he forgets what is not ever before his eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/man-is-still-an-ape-in-that-he-forgets-what-is-not-ever-before-his/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Apes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/robert-e-howard-3742_apes_man-is-still-an-ape-in-that-he-forgets-w_1746555.jpg) > [Aye, you white dog, you are like all your race; but to a black man gold can never pay for blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/aye-you-white-dog-you-are-like-all-your-race-but-to-a-black-man-gold/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/robert-e-howard-3742_black_aye-you-white-dog-you-are-like-all-your_1777479.jpg) > [It is an ill thing to meet a man you thought dead in the woodland at dusk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/it-is-an-ill-thing-to-meet-a-man-you-thought-dead-in-the-woodland-at/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Dusk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dusk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/robert-e-howard-3742_dusk_it-is-an-ill-thing-to-meet-a-man-you-tho_2634487.jpg) > [Men are but men, and the greatest men are they who soonest learn the simpler things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/men-are-but-men-and-the-greatest-men-are-they-who-soonest-learn-the/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Greatest man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatest-man/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/robert-e-howard-3742_greatest-man_men-are-but-men-and-the-greatest-men-are_3231941.jpg) > [If I was wealthy I'd never do anything but poke around in ruined cities all over the world - and probably get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/if-i-was-wealthy-i-d-never-do-anything-but-poke-around-in-ruined/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Bits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ba/robert-e-howard-3742_bits_if-i-was-wealthy-i-d-never-do-anything-b_780563.jpg) > [Rome got some peachy pastings when she tried to lick the Irish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/rome-got-some-peachy-pastings-when-she-tried-to-lick-the-irish/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Peachy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peachy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/robert-e-howard-3742_peachy_rome-got-some-peachy-pastings-when-she-t_1852656.jpg) > [Never the less, it is no light thing to enter into a profession absolutely foreign and alien to the people among which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/never-the-less-it-is-no-light-thing-to-enter-into-a-profession/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/robert-e-howard-3742_career_never-the-less-it-is-no-light-thing-to-e_1714564.jpg) > [When a nation forgets her skill in war, when her religion becomes a mockery, when the whole nation becomes a nation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/when-a-nation-forgets-her-skill-in-war-when-her-religion-becomes-a/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Barbarians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barbarians/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/robert-e-howard-3742_barbarians_when-a-nation-forgets-her-skill-in-war-w_874348.jpg) > [In this world men struggle and suffer vainly, finding pleasure only in the bright madness of battle; dying, their souls enter a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/in-this-world-men-struggle-and-suffer-vainly-finding-pleasure-only-in/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/robert-e-howard-3742_battle_in-this-world-men-struggle-and-suffer-va_2126987.jpg) > [I'll say one thing about an oil boom; it will teach a kid that Life's a pretty rotten thing as quick as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/i-ll-say-one-thing-about-an-oil-boom-it-will-teach-a-kid-that-life-s/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [I can](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-can/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/robert-e-howard-3742_i-can_i-ll-say-one-thing-about-an-oil-boom-it_2477244.jpg) > [I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I never read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/i-had-neither-expert-aid-nor-advice-i-studied-no-courses-in-writing/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/robert-e-howard-3742_advice_i-had-neither-expert-aid-nor-advice-i-st_1980713.jpg) > [I never saw a man fight as Conan fought. He put his back to the courtyard wall, and before they overpowered him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/i-never-saw-a-man-fight-as-conan-fought-he-put-his-back-to-the/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Conan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/robert-e-howard-3742_conan_i-never-saw-a-man-fight-as-conan-fought_374168.jpg) > [Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/hither-came-conan-the-cimmerian-black-haired-sullen-eyed-sword-in/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/robert-e-howard-3742_black_hither-came-conan-the-cimmerian-black-ha_1667856.jpg) > [“Poets always hate those in power. To them perfection is always just behind the last corner, or beyond the next. They escape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/poets-always-hate-those-in-power-to-them-perfection-is-always-just/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/robert-e-howard-3742_dreams_poets-always-hate-those-in-power-to-them_2462812.jpg) > [I think the real reason so many youngsters are clamoring for freedom of some vague sort, is because of unrest and dissatisfaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/i-think-the-real-reason-so-many-youngsters-are-clamoring-for-freedom/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/robert-e-howard-3742_age_i-think-the-real-reason-so-many-youngste_2230486.jpg) > [Some mechanism in my sub-consciousness took the dominant characteristics of various prize-fighters, gunmen, bootleggers, oil field bullies, gamblers, and honest workmen I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/some-mechanism-in-my-sub-consciousness-took-the-dominant/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Amalgamation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amalgamation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/robert-e-howard-3742_amalgamation_some-mechanism-in-my-sub-consciousness-t_1967916.jpg) > [Time and times are but cogwheels, unmatched, grinding on oblivious to one another. Occasionally - oh, very rarely! - the cogs fit;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/time-and-times-are-but-cogwheels-unmatched-grinding-on-oblivious-to/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Blindness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/robert-e-howard-3742_blindness_time-and-times-are-but-cogwheels-unmatch_1970117.jpg) > [“It is the individual mainly which draws me—the struggling, blundering, passionate insect vainly striving against the river of Life and seeking to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/it-is-the-individual-mainly-which-draws-me-the-struggling-blundering/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/robert-e-howard-3742_life_it-is-the-individual-mainly-which-draws_678418.jpg) > [“There was no life in the Abyss, save that which was incorporated in me," it tolled. "Nor was there light, nor motion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/there-was-no-life-in-the-abyss-save-that-which-was-incorporated-in-me/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Abyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abyss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/robert-e-howard-3742_abyss_there-was-no-life-in-the-abyss-save-that_180383.jpg) > [“Their chief is Crom. He dwells on a great mountain. What use to call on him? Little he cares if men live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/their-chief-is-crom-he-dwells-on-a-great-mountain-what-use-to-call-on/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Chief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chief/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/robert-e-howard-3742_god_their-chief-is-crom-he-dwells-on-a-great_2254711.jpg) > [What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/what-do-i-know-of-cultured-ways-the-gilt-the-craft-and-the-lie-i-who/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Born](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/robert-e-howard-3742_born_what-do-i-know-of-cultured-ways-the-gilt_2971223.jpg) > [“The Lion banner sways and falls in the horror-haunted gloom; A scarlet Dragon rustles by, borne on winds of doom. In heaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/the-lion-banner-sways-and-falls-in-the-horror-haunted-gloom-a-scarlet/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Fantasy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantasy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/robert-e-howard-3742_fantasy_the-lion-banner-sways-and-falls-in-the-h_1073267.jpg) > [I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I see not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/i-have-known-many-gods-he-who-denies-them-is-as-blind-as-he-who/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Arms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/robert-e-howard-3742_arms_i-have-known-many-gods-he-who-denies-the_1451808.jpg) > [Musings The little poets sing of little things: Hope, cheer, and faith, small queens and puppet kings; Lovers who kissed and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/musings-the-little-poets-sing-of-little-things-hope-cheer-and-faith/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Abyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abyss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/robert-e-howard-3742_abyss_musings-the-little-poets-sing-of-little_697149.jpg) > [“First there was the blackness of an utter void, with the cold winds of cosmic space blowing through it. Then shapes, vague,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/first-there-was-the-blackness-of-an-utter-void-with-the-cold-winds-of/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Darkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/robert-e-howard-3742_darkness_first-there-was-the-blackness-of-an-utte_1135952.jpg) > [“He stalked through the world as a god, for no earthly weapon could harm him, and to him a century was like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/he-stalked-through-the-world-as-a-god-for-no-earthly-weapon-could/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [World God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-god-240090/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/robert-e-howard-3742_quote_he-stalked-through-the-world-as-a-god-fo_1935860.jpg) > [“Cast in the mold of humanity, they were distinctly not men. They were winged and of heroic proportions; not a branch on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/cast-in-the-mold-of-humanity-they-were-distinctly-not-men-they-were/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Apes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/robert-e-howard-3742_nature-of-man_cast-in-the-mold-of-humanity-they-were-d_697349.jpg) > [“Many died who drank of it; and in those who lived, the drinking wrought change, subtle, gradual and grisly. In adapting themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/many-died-who-drank-of-it-and-in-those-who-lived-the-drinking-wrought/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6d/robert-e-howard-3742_change_many-died-who-drank-of-it-and-in-those-w_3008962.jpg) > [“Belît sprang before the blacks, beating down their spears. She turned toward Conan, her bosom heaving, her eyes flashing. Fierce fingers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/bel-t-sprang-before-the-blacks-beating-down-their-spears-she-turned/) [Robert E. 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