"How can I wear the harness of toil……" — Robert E. Howard
"How can I wear the harness of toil And sweat at the daily round, While in my soul forever The drums of Pictdom sound?"
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Robert E. Howard
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43 Quotes by Robert E. Howard
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Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.
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For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of Hell itself, and against such not even…
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I became a writer in spite of my environments.
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But the idea of a man making his living by writing seemed, in that hardy environment, so fantastic that even…
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But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just…
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I have not been a success, and probably never will be.
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I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I…
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I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.
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