"Time and times are but cogwheels, unmatched, grinding……" — Robert E. Howard
"Time and times are but cogwheels, unmatched, grinding on oblivious to one another. Occasionally - oh, very rarely! - the cogs fit; the pieces of the plot snap together momentarily and give men faint glimpses beyond the veil of this everyday blindness we call reality."
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43 Quotes by Robert E. Howard
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A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.
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Civilization is a natural and inevitable consequence - whether good or evil I am not prepared to state.
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Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.
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Wits and swords are as straws against the wisdom of the Darkness...
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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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It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because…
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In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We're in love with each other beyond belief.
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The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality.
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Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families…
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