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“Never console yourself into believing that the terror has passed, for it looms as large and evil today as it did in the despicable era of Bedlam. But I must relate the horrors as I recall them, in the hope that some force for mankind might be moved to relieve forever the unfortunate creatures who are still imprisoned in the back wards of decaying institutions.”

Believe Stills Might Today Evil Force Forever Mankind Horror Creatures Institutions Moved Terror Eras Relate Recalls Unfortunate Console Despicable

Author:Frances Farmer

“It is as though the ancestors who made language and knew from what bestiality its use rescued them are saying to us: Beware of interfering with its purpose! For when language is seriously interfered with, when it is disjoined from truth, be it from mere incompetence or worse, from malice, horrors can descend again on mankind.”

Made Use Purpose Language Mankind Horror Truth Is Mere Ancestor Interfere Malice Incompetence

Author:Chinua Achebe

“All nonstate threats to life, liberty, and property appear to be relatively petty and therefore can be dealt with. Only states can pose truly massive threats, and sooner or later the horrors with which they menace mankind invariably come to pass.”

States Liberty Mankind Horror Property Threat Massive Sooner Or Later Petty Menace

Author:Robert Higgs

“But is an enemy so execrable that tho in captivity his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.”

Thinking War Wish Enemy Mankind Comfort Horror Benefits Captivity Disregarded Horror Of War

Book:Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution

Source: Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution

“And what is the religion of many persons but a kind of demonism that delights in human sacrifices and causes them to look with horror on the greatest part of mankind? Plutarch, it is well known, has observed very justly that it is better not to believe in a god than to believe him to be a capricious and malevolent being.”

Believe Humans Wells Looks Kind Persons Religion Causes Religious Known Sacrifice Mankind Horror Delight Well Known Capricious

Book:The Correspondence of Richard Price: February 1786-February 1791

Source: The Correspondence of Richard Price: February 1786-February 1791

“Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror.”

Cities Existence Millions Alive Tree Mankind Creation Horror Ideals Mere Accumulation Abolish Parasites Swollen

Book:St Mawr and Other Stories

Source: St Mawr and Other Stories

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”

Source: Complete Collection Of H. P. Lovecraft - 150 eBooks With 100+ Audiobooks (Complete Collection Of Lovecraft's Fiction, Juvenilia, Poems, Essays And Collaborations)

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.”

Source: H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection (160 Works Including Early Writings, Fiction, Collaborations, Poetry, Essays & Bonus Audiobook Links)

“I am so beastly tired of mankind and the world that nothing can interest me unless it contains a couple of murders on each page or deals with the horrors unnameable and unaccountable that leer down from the external universes.”

World Universe Interest Deals Mankind Couple Horror Pages Murder Tired Beastly

Author:H. P. Lovecraft