Quote by H.P. Lovecraft

“Surprisingly he wasn't overwhelmed... He wasn't part of this strange world. He as a visitor, transient, and knew he could return to the safety…

— Phaedra Patrick

“He must have felt a disturbance just beyond the boundless world his eyes perceived. Maybe like dogs we know when we are being hunted.”

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“...without moving a muscle in his face, slips away; retreats, I think, to that sheltered place where his stories are kept. Perhaps we all…

— Pete Dexter

“He did not want to climb down and visit the men again. He couldn’t fly away. He wasn’t sure because he’d only heard the…

— Thea Harrison

“But he was careful. He didn’t make a simple remark without rehearsing it beforehand. And he continually removed the expression from his face lest…

— William Maxwell

“They do not so much as hesitate in their actions, and I realize they cannot see my slick dark coat in the unlit room.…

— Laura VanArendonk Baugh

“The little that he had said, thus far, had been sufficient to convince me that I was speaking to a gentleman. He had what…

— Wilkie Collins

“He reflected briefly that someone up there was watching over him. 'Thanks a lot,' he said bitterly.”

— Terry Pratchett

“He found trivial all that was meant to charm him and did not answer the glances which invited him to be bold.”

— James Joyce

“For he was not strong enough to receive the impact of unfamiliar things without a little talk to break their fall.”

— Eudora Welty

“At the time I vaguely knew that when anything stirs us that deeply, moves us to the point of distraction, and urgently invites us…

— Karol Jackowski

“didn’t have a lot of time for people; you could say I had my reservations about the species. Maybe I’d spent too much time…

— Adrian Barnes