A.E. Howard
A.E. Howard
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queens kings cheer
Musings The little poets sing of little things: Hope, cheer, and faith, small queens and puppet kings; Lovers who kissed and then were made as one, And modest flowers waving in the sun. The mighty poets write in blood and tears And agony that, flame-like, bites and sears. They reach their mad blind hands into the night, To plumb abysses dead to human sight; To drag from gulfs where lunacy lies curled, Mad, monstrous nightmare shapes to blast the world. [click on the thumbnail by Jack "King" Kirby]
kingdoms defeat lost
A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.
civilization evil natural
Civilization is a natural and inevitable consequence - whether good or evil I am not prepared to state.
civilization skins red
Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.
agony negation sensations
Every twinge of sensation, even of agony, was a negation of death.
strong-women strong circus
I reckon if I ever marry, she will have to be a strong woman in a circus or something.
blind palate deny
I have known many gods. He who denies them is blind as he who trusts them too deeply.
dream real yesterday
I have gone into yesterday and tomorrow and both were as real as today -- which is like the dreams of ghosts!
no-fear hell torture
I have no fear of the Hereafter. An orthodox hell could hardly be more torture than my life has been.
oil bully fields
Some mechanism in my sub-consciousness took the dominant characteristics of various prize-fighters, gunmen, bootleggers, oil field bullies, gamblers, and honest workmen I had come in contact with, and combining them all, produced the amalgamation I call Conan the Cimmerian.
natural barbarism states
Barbarism is the natural state of mankind,
disease way this-generation
Youngsters of this generation seem not quite so hazardous except in the way of mechanical speed, bad liquor and venereal diseases.
civilization mazes customs
Civilization is a network and a maze of precedences and custom.
wine pages printed
The printed page was like wine to me.