Robert W. Chambers

“Unsavoury as it is below, there is cheerfulness, and comfort, and hard, honest work above. ("In The Court Of The Dragon")”

— Robert W. Chambers

“He had no ears. The artificial ones, which now stood out at an angle from the fine wire, were his one weakness.…

— Robert W. Chambers

“A spring sun was shining on the rue St. Honore, as I ran down the church steps. On one corner stood a…

— Robert W. Chambers

“The ambition of Caesar and of Napoleon pales before that which could not rest until it had seized the minds of men…

— Robert W. Chambers

“Let the red dawn surmise What we shall do, When this blue starlight dies And all is through.” (The Yellow Sign)”

— Robert W. Chambers

“It is possible that his curiosity was piqued, for with the exception of a hen-turkey, a boy of nineteen is the most…

— Robert W. Chambers

“for I knew that the King in Yellow had opened his tattered mantle and there was only God to cry to now.”

— Robert W. Chambers

“Why should the Mass of Sainte Cécile bend my thoughts wandering among caverns whose walls blaze with ragged masses of virgin silver?…

— Robert W. Chambers

“The people faded away, the arches, the vaulted roof vanished. I raised my seared eyes to the fathomless glare; and I saw…

— Robert W. Chambers

“It is well known how the book spread like an infectious disease, from city to city, from continent to continent, barred out…

— Robert W. Chambers

“Have you seen The Yellow Sign?”

— Robert W. Chambers

“As it recurred again and again, it set me thinking of what my architect's books say about the custom in early times…

— Robert W. Chambers

“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!”

— Robert W. Chambers

Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies

— Robert W. Chambers

“I do not deny that he was eccentric; the mania he had for keeping that cat and teasing her until she flew…

— Robert W. Chambers

“Shall I tell you all about her, cat? She is very beautiful – your mistress,’ he murmured drowsily, ‘and her hair is…

— Robert W. Chambers

“There a painless death awaits him who can no longer bear the sorrows of this life.”

— Robert W. Chambers

“I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon, when…

— Robert W. Chambers

“I had never yet done such a thing in life, but now I felt a desire to mock. ("In The Court Of…

— Robert W. Chambers

“What a precious triple donkey I had made of myself!”

— Robert W. Chambers

“Really, old chap," he said, "I don't mean to run down a man you like, but for the life of me I…

— Robert W. Chambers

“There a painless death awaits him who can no longer bear the sorrows of this life. If death is welcome let him…

— Robert W. Chambers

“This is the thing that troubles me, for I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows…

— Robert W. Chambers

“I hated to see the life go out of a warm, living creature and I declined to be present. Picking up a…

— Robert W. Chambers

“As it recurred again and again, it set me thinking of what my architect's books say about the custom in early times…

— Robert W. Chambers