Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft US horror & supernatural author (1890 - 1937)


H. P. Lovecraft -
- 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 - The White Ship
- Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.

H. P. Lovecraft -
- 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 - "The Call of Cthulhu", first line
- The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

H. P. Lovecraft -
- Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.

H. P. Lovecraft -
- It is only the inferior thinker who hastens to explain the singular and the complex by the primitive shortcut of supernaturalism.