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H. P. Lovecraft Quotes

H. P. Lovecraft quotes about fear

American Novelist August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937

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H. P. Lovecraft quote: "Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only..."
Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness. H. P. Lovecraft
Certainly, the terror of a deserted house swells in geometrical rather than arithmetical progression as houses multiply to form a city of stark desolation. The sight of such endless avenues of fishy-eyed vacancy and death, and the thought of such linked infinities of black, brooding compartments given over to cob-webs and memories and the conqueror worm, start up vestigial fears and aversions that not even the stoutest philosophy can disperse. H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft quote: "Fear best lends itself to the creation of Nature-defying..."
Fear best lends itself to the creation of Nature-defying illusions. H. P. Lovecraft
This time I did not have to question the source of his snarls and hisses, and of the fear which made him sink his claws into my ankle, unconscious of their effect; for on every side of the chamber the walls were alive with nauseous sound - the verminous slithering of ravenous, gigantic rats. H. P. Lovecraft
That's because only a real artist knows the actual anatomy of the terrible or the physiology of fear - the exact sort of lines and proportions that connect up with latent instincts or hereditary memories of fright, and the proper colour contrasts and lighting effects to stir the dormant sense of strangeness. H. P. Lovecraft
Something like fear chilled me as I sat there in the small hours alone-I say alone, for one who sits by a sleeper is indeed alone; perhaps more alone than he can realise. H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft quote: "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the..."
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown H. P. Lovecraft
Any magazine-cover hack can splash paint around wildly and call it a nightmare, or a witches sabbath or a portrait of the devil; but only a great painter can make such a thing really scare or ring true. That's because only a real artist knows the anatomy of the terrible, or the physiology of fear. H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft quote: "I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me."
I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft quote: "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear."
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. H. P. Lovecraft
It might, too, have been the singular cold that alienated me; for such chilliness was abnormal on so hot a day, and the abnormal always excites aversion, distrust, and fear. H. P. Lovecraft

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