Robert E. Howard Quotes
Top 76 wise famous quotes and sayings by Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
I have gone into yesterday and tomorrow and both were as real as today
which is like the dreams of ghosts!
which is like the dreams of ghosts!
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.
He was no defensive fighter; even in the teeth of overwhelming odds he always carried the war to the enemy.
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.
and frequently drop the hat himself.
My body seems a mere encumbrance to me; an imbecillic wagon, hitched to the horse of desire, which is the soul.
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.
If I was wealthy I'd never do anything but poke around in ruined cities all over the world - and probably get snake-bit.
I am unable to rouse much interest in any highly civilized race, country or epoch, including this one.
Don't you think that as a people, Americans have less poetry, real poetry, in their souls than any other nations?
You black dog!" A red mist of fury swept across Conan's eyes. "Were I free I'd give you a broken back!
I have no fear of the Hereafter. An orthodox hell could hardly be more torture than my life has been.
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.
Civilization is a natural and inevitable consequence - whether good or evil I am not prepared to state.
Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph
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.
Youngsters of this generation seem not quite so hazardous except in the way of mechanical speed, bad liquor and venereal diseases.
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.
I have come to believe that mankind eternally hovers on the brinks of secret oceans of which it knows nothing.
They take little interest in waking life, choosing to lie most of the time in death-like sleep." "Then
While we may open the books of the past, we may but grant flying glances of the future, through the mist that veils it.
What shall a man say when a friend has vanished behind the doors of Death? A mere tangle of barren words, only words.
the mere fact of a black figure racing across the landscape carrying a white captive was bizarre enough,
It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because of their environments.
How can I wear the harness of toil
And sweat at the daily round,
While in my soul forever
The drums of Pictdom sound?
And sweat at the daily round,
While in my soul forever
The drums of Pictdom sound?