“We look about in puzzlement at our world, with a sense of unease and disquiet. We think of ourselves as scholars in arcane liturgies, single men trapped in worlds beyond our devising. The truth is far simpler: there are things in the darkness beneath us that wish us harm.” ThinkingMenWorldLooksWishDarknessTruth IsHarmOur WorldScholarTrappedSingle ManLiturgyArcaneDevising Book:Lovecraft's Monsters Source: Lovecraft's Monsters
“The ignorant and the deluded are, I think, in a strange way to be envied. That which is not known of does not trouble us, while an imagined but insubstantial peril does not harm us. To know the truths behind reality is a far greater burden.” ThinkingKnowsWayDoeRealityBehindsKnownGreaterTroubleStrangeTruth IsBurdenHarmIgnorantPerilEnviedDeluded Author:H. P. Lovecraft