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Richard Matheson quotes: For him the word 'horror' had become obsolete.

For him the word 'horror' had become obsolete.

Richard Matheson quotes: I can get pissed off very easily.

I can get pissed off very easily.

Richard Matheson quotes: The keynote of minority prejudice is this: They are loathed because they are feared.

The keynote of minority prejudice is this: They are loathed because they are feared.

Richard Matheson quotes: I felt puny and absurd, a ludicrous midget. Easy enough to talk of soul and spirit and essential worth, but not when you're three feet tall.

I felt puny and absurd, a ludicrous midget. Easy enough to talk of soul and spirit and essential worth, but not when you're three feet tall.

Richard Matheson quotes: She doesn't have to even give me supper. Im not hungry anyway.Im full. (Dress of White Silk)

She doesn't have to even give me supper. Im not hungry anyway.
Im full. (Dress of White Silk)

Richard Matheson quotes: Let the jagged edge of sobriety be now dulled.

Let the jagged edge of sobriety be now dulled.

Richard Matheson quotes: On those cloudy days, Robert Neville was never sure when sunset came, and sometimes they were in the streets before he could get back.

On those cloudy days, Robert Neville was never sure when sunset came, and sometimes they were in the streets before he could get back.

Richard Matheson quotes: I stood there feeling nowhere.

I stood there feeling nowhere.

Richard Matheson quotes: All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth.

All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth.

Richard Matheson quotes: That which you believe becomes your world.

That which you believe becomes your world.

Richard Matheson quotes: But it's so hard to make things simple and so easy to make them complicated.

But it's so hard to make things simple and so easy to make them complicated.

Richard Matheson quotes: I wish I were a boy again-unquestioning, with no need to analyze the moment.

I wish I were a boy again-unquestioning, with no need to analyze the moment.

Richard Matheson quotes: Miniture protoplasm, the dirty little bastard!

Miniture protoplasm, the dirty little bastard!

Richard Matheson quotes: To me there is nothing that goes against nature. If it seems incomprehensible, it's only because we haven't been able to understand it yet.

To me there is nothing that goes against nature. If it seems incomprehensible, it's only because we haven't been able to understand it yet.

Richard Matheson quotes: Quiet is here and all in me. ("Dress of White Silk")

Quiet is here and all in me. ("Dress of White Silk")

Richard Matheson quotes: I don the robe of hermit without a cry.

I don the robe of hermit without a cry.

Richard Matheson quotes: Thank you ... for gracing my life with your lovely presence, for adding the sweet measure of your soul to my existence.

Thank you ... for gracing my life with your lovely presence, for adding the sweet measure of your soul to my existence.

Richard Matheson quotes: Come out, Neville.

Come out, Neville.

Richard Matheson quotes: What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one's own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?

What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one's own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?

Richard Matheson quotes: Because there was only one thing worse than dying. And that was knowing you were going to die. And where. And how. ("Death Ship")

Because there was only one thing worse than dying. And that was knowing you were going to die. And where. And how. ("Death Ship")

Richard Matheson quotes: You bastard, he thought, almost affectionately, watching the minuscule protoplasm fluttering on the slide. You dirty little bastard.

You bastard, he thought, almost affectionately, watching the minuscule protoplasm fluttering on the slide. You dirty little bastard.

Richard Matheson quotes: Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.

Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.

Richard Matheson quotes: To look at the entire journey all at once was stupidity. You thought of it in segments; that was the only way.

To look at the entire journey all at once was stupidity. You thought of it in segments; that was the only way.

Richard Matheson quotes: After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge.

After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge.

Richard Matheson quotes: I had to write about realistic circumstances. That's the way my brain works. And I think that gave me a sort of place in the field.

I had to write about realistic circumstances. That's the way my brain works. And I think that gave me a sort of place in the field.

Richard Matheson quotes: Now when I die, I shall only be dead.

Now when I die, I shall only be dead.

Richard Matheson quotes: Everything is mental,

Everything is mental,

Richard Matheson quotes: When you sleep, your dream world is as real to you as life, isn't it?

When you sleep, your dream world is as real to you as life, isn't it?

Richard Matheson quotes: Howlong did it take for a past to die?

How
long did it take for a past to die?

Richard Matheson quotes: Normalcy was a majority concept, the standard of many and not the standard of just one man.

Normalcy was a majority concept, the standard of many and not the standard of just one man.

Richard Matheson quotes: Well, why not? Why not go out? It was a sure way to be free of them.

Well, why not? Why not go out? It was a sure way to be free of them.

Richard Matheson quotes: The vampire was real. It was only that his true story had never been told.

The vampire was real. It was only that his true story had never been told.

Richard Matheson quotes: Everyone has a secret place in his mind. Otherwise relationships would be impossible.

Everyone has a secret place in his mind. Otherwise relationships would be impossible.

Richard Matheson quotes: Morality, after all, had fallen with society. He was his own ethic. Makes

Morality, after all, had fallen with society. He was his own ethic. Makes

Richard Matheson quotes: Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadn't. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment.

Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadn't. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment.

Richard Matheson quotes: People are not punished for their deeds but by them

People are not punished for their deeds but by them

Richard Matheson quotes: Goddamn your bones, that is the first step.

Goddamn your bones, that is the first step.

Richard Matheson quotes: Really now, search your soul, lovie-is the vampire so bad?All he does is drink blood.

Really now, search your soul, lovie-is the vampire so bad?
All he does is drink blood.

Richard Matheson quotes: Let this hell be our heaven.

Let this hell be our heaven.

Richard Matheson quotes: Such thoughts were a hideous testimony to the world he had accepted; a world in which murder was easier than hope.

Such thoughts were a hideous testimony to the world he had accepted; a world in which murder was easier than hope.

Richard Matheson quotes: Desperate need to believe in a God that shepherded his own creations.

Desperate need to believe in a God that shepherded his own creations.

Richard Matheson quotes: I think we're yearning for something beyond the every day. And I will tell you I don't believe in the supernatural, I believe in the supernormal.

I think we're yearning for something beyond the every day. And I will tell you I don't believe in the supernatural, I believe in the supernormal.

Richard Matheson quotes: Everyone has something to hide. And if they couldn't hide it the world would be in a lot worse mess than it is.

Everyone has something to hide. And if they couldn't hide it the world would be in a lot worse mess than it is.

Richard Matheson quotes: In a world of monotonous horrorthere could be no salvation in wild dreaming.

In a world of monotonous horror
there could be no salvation in wild dreaming.

Richard Matheson quotes: The foraging for food and water, the struggle for life in a world without masters, housed in a body that man had made dependent on himself.

The foraging for food and water, the struggle for life in a world without masters, housed in a body that man had made dependent on himself.

Richard Matheson quotes: The strength of the vampire is that no one will believe in him.

The strength of the vampire is that no one will believe in him.

Richard Matheson quotes: What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?

What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?

Richard Matheson quotes: Fresh air, quiet, and the calming stimulus of the movement on the earth beneath the sky; that's why she loves to walk so much.

Fresh air, quiet, and the calming stimulus of the movement on the earth beneath the sky; that's why she loves to walk so much.

Richard Matheson quotes: The last man in the world was irretrievably stuck with his delusions.

The last man in the world was irretrievably stuck with his delusions.

Richard Matheson quotes: Death is a fascinating lure to men who can stand aside and watch it operate on someone else. (from "The Conqueror")

Death is a fascinating lure to men who can stand aside and watch it operate on someone else. (from "The Conqueror")

Richard Matheson quotes: For he was a man and he was alone and these things had no importance to him.

For he was a man and he was alone and these things had no importance to him.

Richard Matheson quotes: He turned away from the bar as if he could leave the question there. But questions had no location; they could follow him around.

He turned away from the bar as if he could leave the question there. But questions had no location; they could follow him around.

Richard Matheson quotes: And, before science had caught up with the legend, the legend had swallowed science and everything.

And, before science had caught up with the legend, the legend had swallowed science and everything.

Richard Matheson quotes: How quickly one accepts the incredible if only one sees it enough.

How quickly one accepts the incredible if only one sees it enough.

Richard Matheson quotes: Patience, he told himself. Get yourself at least one virtue, anyway.

Patience, he told himself. Get yourself at least one virtue, anyway.

Richard Matheson quotes: That wind of terrible and jealous beauty blowing over me - that dark fire, that music ...

That wind of terrible and jealous beauty blowing over me - that dark fire, that music ...

Richard Matheson quotes: When Morton Silkline reached the hall, his customer was just flapping out a small window. Quite suddenly, Morton Silkline found the floor.

When Morton Silkline reached the hall, his customer was just flapping out a small window. Quite suddenly, Morton Silkline found the floor.

Richard Matheson quotes: I looked at all the people, feeling sorry for them. They were still subordinate to clock and calendar. Absolved of that, I stood becalmed.

I looked at all the people, feeling sorry for them. They were still subordinate to clock and calendar. Absolved of that, I stood becalmed.

Richard Matheson quotes: A man could get used to anything if he had to.

A man could get used to anything if he had to.

Richard Matheson quotes: No longer will you be a weird Robinson Crusoe, imprisoned on an island of night surrounded by oceans of death.

No longer will you be a weird Robinson Crusoe, imprisoned on an island of night surrounded by oceans of death.

Richard Matheson quotes: Heaven would never be heaven without you.

Heaven would never be heaven without you.