Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown

In its flawless grace and superior self-sufficiency I have seen a symbol of the perfect beauty and bland impersonality of the universe itself, objectively considered, and in its air of silent mystery there resides for me all the wonder and fascination of the unknown.

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.

Something like fear chilled me as I sat there in the small hours alone-I say alone, for one who sits by a sleeper is indeed alone; perhaps more alone than he can realise.

Maybe, just maybe, I should not have used the word "eldritch" so many times now that I think about it.

incurable lover of the grotesque