A.E. Howard
A.E. Howard
women soul naked
Any but the most brutish of men must be touched with a certain awe or wonder at the baring of a woman's naked soul.
heart men soul-and-body
Over the souls of men spread the condor wings of colossal monsters and all manner of evil things prey upon the heart and soul and body of Man. Yet it may be in some far day the shadows shall fade and the Prince of Darkness be chained forever in his hell. And till then mankind can but stand up stoutly to the monsters in his own heart and without, and with the aid of God he may yet triumph.
real wine blue
I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I see not beyond death. ... Let me live while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame and crimson, and I am content. ... I know this: if life is an illusion, then I am no less than an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.
thinking civilization savagery
The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!
live-life men civilization
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
book past flying
While we may open the books of the past, we may but grant flying glances of the future, through the mist that veils it.
art appreciate tin
We're making tin gods out of those poor buffoons in Hollywood; I dote on movies and appreciate the scanty art therein but I consider the profession about the most debased and debasing I know.
stars ocean son
Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars.