The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.

incurable lover of the grotesque

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.

For I have always been a seeker, a dreamer, and a ponderer on seeking and dreaming.

Memories and possibilities are even more hideous than realities.

If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!

It was from the artists and poets that the pertinent answers came, and I know that panic would have broken loose had they been able to compare notes.