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Barbarism is the natural state of mankind, — Robert E. Howard

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. — Robert E. Howard

I have gone into yesterday and tomorrow and both were as real as today
which is like the dreams of ghosts! — Robert E. Howard

I have not been a success, and probably never will be. — Robert E. Howard

Animals are neither gods nor fiends, but men in their way without the lust and greed of man. — Robert E. Howard

Over shadowy spires and gleaming towers lay the ghostly darkness and silence that runs before dawn. — Robert E. Howard

By this axe I rule! — Robert E. Howard

He had a stellar talent. I not only lost a contemporary in the death of Robert E. Howard. The world lost a writer of extraordinary gifts. — Murray Leinster

Up in the glade, and notch an arrow. — Robert E. Howard

For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of Hell itself, and against such not even the legions of Hell can stand. — Robert E. Howard

Wits and swords are as straws against the wisdom of the Darkness ... — Robert E. Howard

He was no defensive fighter; even in the teeth of overwhelming odds he always carried the war to the enemy. — Robert E. Howard

When I cannot stand alone, it will be time to die. — Robert E. Howard

It is not pleasant to come upon Death in a lonely place at midnight. — Robert E. Howard

I don't believe I ever saw an Oklahoman who wouldn't fight at the drop of a hat
and frequently drop the hat himself. — Robert E. Howard

My body seems a mere encumbrance to me; an imbecillic wagon, hitched to the horse of desire, which is the soul. — Robert E. Howard

No man can be convinced when he will not. — Robert E. Howard

A woman in such an emotional tempest is as perilous as a blind cobra to any about her. — Robert E. Howard

One man's bane is another's bliss. — Robert E. Howard

There is always a way, if the desire be coupled with courage," answered the Cimmerian — Robert E. Howard

I became a writer in spite of my environments. — Robert E. Howard

I'll say one thing about an oil boom; it will teach a kid that Life's a pretty rotten thing as quick as anything I can think of. — Robert E. Howard

Lift that scimitar against me, you Hyrkanian pig and I'll gut you where you stand! — Robert E. Howard

I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts. — Robert E. Howard

The printed page was like wine to me. — Robert E. Howard

Men are but men, and the greatest men are they who soonest learn the simpler things. — Robert E. Howard

I am unable to rouse much interest in any highly civilized race, country or epoch, including this one. — Robert E. Howard

Don't you think that as a people, Americans have less poetry, real poetry, in their souls than any other nations? — Robert E. Howard

If I was wealthy I'd never do anything but poke around in ruined cities all over the world - and probably get snake-bit. — Robert E. Howard

A wolf was no less a wolf because a whim of chance caused him to run with the watch-dogs. — Robert E. Howard

You black dog!" A red mist of fury swept across Conan's eyes. "Were I free I'd give you a broken back! — Robert E. Howard

Suddenly the black torturer laid down the pipes and rose, towering over the writhing white figure. — Robert E. Howard

Well, I like a good hater. But that can wait. — Robert E. Howard

I have no fear of the Hereafter. An orthodox hell could hardly be more torture than my life has been. — Robert E. Howard

A true fanatic, his promptings were reasons enough for his actions. — Robert E. Howard

I'm not going out of my way looking for devils; but I wouldn't step out of my path to let one go by. — Robert E. Howard

Civilization is a natural and inevitable consequence - whether good or evil I am not prepared to state. — Robert E. Howard

What always was must always be. — Robert E. Howard

Man is still an ape in that he forgets what is not ever before his eyes. — Robert E. Howard

Civilization is a network and a maze of precedences and custom. — Robert E. Howard

Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph — Robert E. Howard

I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, & am content. — Robert E. Howard

In the old free days all I wanted was a sharp sword and a straight path to my enemies. Now no paths are straight and my sword is useless. — Robert E. Howard

The black went down like a felled tree, gushing blood, — Robert E. Howard

I see in the papers where Roy Guthrie committed suicide. Why, I wonder? — Robert E. Howard

Youngsters of this generation seem not quite so hazardous except in the way of mechanical speed, bad liquor and venereal diseases. — Robert E. Howard

Men spoke of tribal war, of a gathering of vultures in the southeast, and a terrible leader who led his swiftly increasing hordes to victory. — Robert E. Howard

I have come to believe that mankind eternally hovers on the brinks of secret oceans of which it knows nothing. — Robert E. Howard

I reckon if I ever marry, she will have to be a strong woman in a circus or something. — Robert E. Howard

It is better to go in the dark when the road must pass a lion and there is no other road. — Robert E. Howard

Blast your soul, you hussy!" he exclaimed in exasperation. — Robert E. Howard

They take little interest in waking life, choosing to lie most of the time in death-like sleep." "Then — Robert E. Howard

The only safe enemy was a headless enemy. — Robert E. Howard

Rome got some peachy pastings when she tried to lick the Irish. — Robert E. Howard

When the oceans drown the world, women will take time for jealousy. — Robert E. Howard

I have put off the past like a worn-out cloak. — Robert E. Howard

Aye, you white dog, you are like all your race; but to a black man gold can never pay for blood. — Robert E. Howard

All fled - all done, so lift me on the pyre
The Feast is over, and the lamps expire. — Robert E. Howard

It is an ill thing to meet a man you thought dead in the woodland at dusk. — Robert E. Howard

I think (Robert E.) Howard often wrote with his heart, but not always with his head. — Stephen Jones

A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat. — Robert E. Howard

It is only the promise of death that makes life worth living. — Robert E. Howard

When you allow the elevation of a man, one can be sure that you'll profit by his advancement. — Robert E. Howard

But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood. — Robert E. Howard

where did these people their food? i'm hungry. — Robert E. Howard

What is death but a traversing of eternities and a crossing of cosmic oceans? — Robert E. Howard

While we may open the books of the past, we may but grant flying glances of the future, through the mist that veils it. — Robert E. Howard

What shall a man say when a friend has vanished behind the doors of Death? A mere tangle of barren words, only words. — Robert E. Howard

Every twinge of sensation, even of agony, was a negation of death. — Robert E. Howard

the mere fact of a black figure racing across the landscape carrying a white captive was bizarre enough, — Robert E. Howard

These figures are black, yet they are not like negroes. I have never seen their like." "Let — Robert E. Howard

the skin was yellow, the eyes slightly slanted; — Robert E. Howard

It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because of their environments. — Robert E. Howard

Life is but a web spun of ghosts and dreams and illusions. — Robert E. Howard

How can I wear the harness of toil
And sweat at the daily round,
While in my soul forever
The drums of Pictdom sound? — Robert E. Howard

The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery! — Robert E. Howard

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. — Robert E. Howard

Before the invader sound was born, the Universe was silent and shall be again. — Robert E. Howard