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Guy Endore Biography

Novelist

Guy Endore was an American novelist known for his suspense and thriller novels. His works are characterized by complex plots and profound psychological descriptions, which have won him a wide readership.

Truth Belief Lies

Book:Detour at Night

Source: Detour at Night

“Here's my watch. If I wind it, it marks time. It exists. It is alive. If the spring breaks, it stops. It no longer marks the hour. It is dead. Time does not exist for it. Same with you, when your main spring is gone.”

Soul Death Time Watches Life And Living Death And Dying Deus Ex Machina Exsistence

Book:The Werewolf of Paris

Source: The Werewolf of Paris

“We must all die. There's nothing terrible about death. But to live on after death, a soul, earthbound, a vampire--you don't wish any such fate for your beloved.”

Soul Death Dies Wish Fate Terrible Vampire Beloved After Death

Author:Guy Endore

“There is no more foul or relentless enemy of man in the occult world than this dead-alive creature spewed up from the grave.”

Men World Enemy Alive Creatures Graves Relentless Foul Occult Dead Alive

Author:Guy Endore

“The whole famous Reign of Terror [of the 1790s] in fifteen months guillotined 2,596 aristos. The Versaillists [the anti-Communards of 1871] executed 20,000 before their firing squads in one week. Do these figures represent the comparative efficiency of guillotine and modern rifle or the comparative cruelty of upper and lower class mobs?”

Whole Class Week Modern Figures Months Terror Cruelty Fifteen Efficiency Reign Rifles Firing Squad Lower Class Guillotine Reign Of Terror

Author:Guy Endore

About the Author

Born: July 4, 1900
Died: February 12, 1970
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 5

Books & Sources

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