The one test of the really weird (story) is simply this--whether or not there be excited in the reader a profound sense of dread, and of contact with unknown spheres and powers; a subtle attitude of awed listening, as if for the beating of black wings or the scratching of outside shapes and entities on the known universe's utmost rim.
H. P. LovecraftI 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. LovecraftBlue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.
H. P. LovecraftTo the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
H. P. Lovecraft