All Thomas Ligotti Quotes
- To be sane, he held, was either to be sedated by melancholy or activated by hysteria, two responses which were 'always and equally warranted for… Activated
- It has always seemed to me that my existence consisted purely and exclusively of nothing but the most outrageous nonsense. Always Seemed
- I wanted to do things to Richard that would make the sun grow cold with horror. Cold
- This, then, is the ultimate, that is only, consolation: simply that someone shares some of your own feelings and has made of these a work… Actually Intensifies
- The only value of this world lay in its power - at certain times - to suggest another world. Another World
- The finest people, as people go, cannot help but betray a fair portion of fear and insecurity, even full-blown panic. Betray
- A: There is no grand scheme of things. B: If there were a grand scheme of things, the fact – the fact – that we… Equipped
- As history confirms, people will change their minds about almost anything, from which god they worship to how they style their hair. But when it… Almost Anything
- As a survival-happy species, our successes are calculated in the number of years we have extended our lives, with the reduction of suffering being only… Aim
- No other life forms know they are alive, and neither do they know they will die. This is our curse alone. Without this hex upon… Alive
- No one gives up on something until it turns on them, whether or not that thing is real or unreal. Gives
- Madness, mayhem, erotic vandalism, devastation of innumerable souls - while we scream and perish, History licks a finger and turns the page. Devastation
- We live in a permanent state of bad faith, a mutual representation of ourselves to one another for the sake of remaining sane and following… Bad