H. P. Lovecraft1890–1937The quotations of
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor
1890–1937
13 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Anti-Religion and Fear.
- “Supernatural Horror in Literature” (1927)
Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.
“Herbert West: Re-Animator” in “Home Brew” Vol. 1, No. 1 (February 1922)- “Pickman’s Model “—written 1926; first published in Weird Tales, Vol. 10, No. 4 (October 1927)
- “The Temple”—Written 1920; first published in Weird Tales, 6 No. 3 (September 1925)
- The Call of Cthulhu (1926)
- The Call of Cthulhu (1926)
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.“The Nameless City”, The Wolverine (November 1921); quoted again in “The Call of Cthulhu” (written 1926, Weird Tales 1928)West of Arkham the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut.
The Colour Out of Space (1927)- The Call of Cthulhu (1926)
No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.
“Ex Oblivione”- Letter to J. Vernon Shea (August 7, 1931), quoted in “H.P. Lovecraft, a Life” by S.T. Joshi, p. 579
- Letter to Robert E. Howard, (October 4, 1930)
