H.P Lovecraft was an American author. He has written in many genres including horror, science fiction, thriller, etc. In this article, we are sharing some of the best Lovecraft quotes to celebrate him and his wisdom thoughts.
Best HP Lovecraft Quotes
Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places. H. P. Lovecraft
The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind. H. P. Lovecraft
Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. H. P. Lovecraft
I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams. H. P. Lovecraft
Heaven knows where I’ll end up – but it’s a safe bet that I’ll never be at the top of anything! Nor do I particularly care to be. H. P. Lovecraft
It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day’s end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may. H. P. Lovecraft
Personally, I would not care for immortality in the least. There is nothing better than oblivion since in oblivion there is no wish unfulfilled. We had it before we were born yet did not complain. Shall we whine because we know it will return? It is Elysium enough for me, at any rate. H. P. Lovecraft
I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. H. P. Lovecraft
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. H. P. Lovecraft
I couldn’t live a week without a private library – indeed, I’d part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I’d let go of the 1500 or so books I possess. H. P. Lovecraft
HP Lovecraft Quotes About Dreams
But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean. H. P. Lovecraft
We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight. H. P. Lovecraft
But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travelers notoriously false? H. P. Lovecraft
Life is a hideous thing, and from the background behind what we know of it peer demoniacal hints of truth which make it sometimes a thousandfold more hideous. H. P. Lovecraft
There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street. H. P. Lovecraft
Ocean is more ancient than the mountains and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time. H. P. Lovecraft
What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world’s beauty, is everything! H. P. Lovecraft
I am disillusioned enough to know that no man’s opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he’s talking about. H. P. Lovecraft
To the scientist, there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth. H. P. Lovecraft
We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. H. P. Lovecraft
HP Lovecraft Famous Quotes
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
If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians. H. P. Lovecraft
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity. H. P. Lovecraft
Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end. H. P. Lovecraft
The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination. H. P. Lovecraft
The most merciful thing in the world… is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. H. P. Lovecraft
From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent. H. P. Lovecraft
I have no illusions concerning the precarious status of my tales and do not expect to become a serious competitor of my favorite weird authors. H. P. Lovecraft
All rationalism tends to minimalize the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness. H. P. Lovecraft
Write out the story – rapidly, fluently, and not too critically – following the second or narrative-order synopsis. Change incidents and plot whenever the developing process seems to suggest such change, never being bound by any previous design. H. P. Lovecraft
Other HP Lovecraft Quotes
Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to what the reader should feel. A casual style ruins any serious fantasy. H. P. Lovecraft
It is only the forcible propagation of conventional Christianity that makes the agnostic so bitter toward the church. He knows that all the doctrines cannot possibly be true, but he would view them with toleration if he were asked merely to let them alone for the benefit of the masses whom they can help and succor. H. P. Lovecraft
Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason. H. P. Lovecraft
Horrors, I believe, should be original – the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence. H. P. Lovecraft
The reason why time plays a great part in so many of my tales is that this element looms up in my mind as the most profoundly dramatic and grimly terrible thing in the universe. H. P. Lovecraft
It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude. H. P. Lovecraft
My nervous system is a shattered wreck, and I am absolutely bored and listless save when I come upon something which peculiarly interests me. H. P. Lovecraft
I could not write about ‘ordinary people’ because I am not in the least interested in them. H. P. Lovecraft
All of my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and emotions have no validity or significance in the cosmos-at-large. H. P. Lovecraft
I am essentially a recluse who will have very little to do with people wherever he may be. I think that most people only make me nervous – that only by accident, and in extremely small quantities, would I ever be likely to come across people who wouldn’t. H. P. Lovecraft