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Robert E. Howard was an American author known for his fantasy and adventure novels. His works are renowned for their imaginative stories and unique characters, with the most famous being the Conan the Barbarian series. Howard's brief life produced a vast amount of short stories, which had a profound impact on the development of fantasy literature.

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Famous Robert E. Howard Quotes

“Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.”

Break Civilization Red Skins Apes Roaring

Author:Robert E. Howard

“Man is still an ape in that he forgets what is not ever before his eyes.”

Men Stills Eye Forget His Eyes Apes

Book:The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Volume 1: The Shadow Kingdom

Source: The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Volume 1: The Shadow Kingdom

“My characters are more like men than these real men are, see. They're rough and rude, they got hands and they got bellies. They hate and they lust; break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.”

Men Real Character Hands Hate Break Civilization Red Skins Lust Rough Rude Belly Apes Real Men Roaring

Author:Robert E. Howard

“It was no ape, neither was it a man. It was some shambling horror spawned in the mysterious, nameless jungles of the south, where strange life teemed in the reeking rot without the dominance of man, and drums thundered in temples that had never known the tread of a human foot.”

Men Humans Known Feet Strange Horror South Mysterious Temples Jungle Apes Dominance Nameless Conan

Book:Jewels of Gwahlur: American modern Literature

Source: Jewels of Gwahlur: American modern Literature