Robert-aikman Quote by Robert Aickman Download Open image ““Hand could never really grasp it.”” — Robert Aickman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Robert-aikman The-unsettled-dust
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“.. what she had was hers absolutely, not to be touched by other hands without proper permission being asked and granted.” — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“It is almost as if the nearer one approaches to a thing, the less it proves to be there, to exist at all.” — Robert Aickman Copy Share Image
In the end I came to see that the true prophet of the modern world was Samuel Butler: when he suggested that the machine… — Robert Aickman Copy Share Image
When you live entirely among madmen, it is difficult to know how sane you are. — Robert Aickman Copy Share Image
After all, that was a main purpose of science: to make things of all kinds happen sooner than they otherwise would. — Robert Aickman Copy Share Image
“...human beings are compelled to massacre animals unceasingly, because human beings are simply unable to survive, for the most part, on apples and nuts.… — Robert Aickman Copy Share Image
“The great prophetic work of the modern world is Goethe’s Faust , so little appreciated among the Anglo-Saxons. Mephistopheles offers Faust unlimited knowledge and… — Robert Aickman Copy Share Image
“Enchanted islands are hard to understand,' he said. 'I've always thought that. It worried me even as a child. The trouble is that you… — Robert Aickman Copy Share Image
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“No milk. It is black coffee, pure but strong, that fortifies against the powers of darkness with which the world is filled.” — Robert Aickman Copy Share Image
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“There are no beautiful houses in England now. Only ruins, mental homes, and Government offices.” — Robert Aickman Copy Share Image
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