The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. Read Summary
It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude. Read Summary
If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences. Read Summary
I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams. Read Summary
Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. Read Summary
I am not very proud of being an human being; in fact, I distinctly dislike the species in many ways. I can readily conceive of beings vastly superior in every respect. Read Summary
There are not many persons who know what wonders are opened to them in the stories and visions of their youth; for when as children we listen and dream, we think but half-formed thoughts, and when as men we try to remember, we are dulled and prosaic with the poison of life. Read Summary
I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. Read Summary
Fear is our deepest and strongest emotion, and the one which best lends itself to the creation of nature-defying illusions. Read Summary
Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange life which may pulsate in the gulfs beyond the stars, or press hideously upon our own globe in unholy dimensions which only the dead and the moonstruck can glimpse. Read Summary