Religion is still useful among the herd - that it helps their orderly conduct as nothing else could. The crude human animal is in-eradicably superstitious, and there is every biological reason why they should be. Take away his Christian god and saints, and he will worship something else.
H. P. LovecraftPleasure to me is wonderโthe unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.
H. P. LovecraftIn relating the circumstances which have led to my confinement within this refuge for the demented, I am aware that my present position will create a natural doubt of the authenticity of my narrative.
H. P. Lovecraft