Robert E. Howard Quotes, Suicide Quotes, Paper Quotes

I see in the papers where Roy Guthrie committed suicide. Why, I wonder?

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

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

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

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I think the real reason so many youngsters are clamoring for freedom of some vague sort, is because of unrest and dissatisfaction with present conditions; I don't believe this machine age gives full satisfaction in a spiritual way, if the term may be allowed.

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What is death but a traversing of eternities and a crossing of cosmic oceans?

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The printed page was like wine to me.

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

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The only safe enemy was a headless enemy.

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I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, & am content.

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We're making tin gods out of those poor buffoons in Hollywood; I dote on movies and appreciate the scanty art therein but I consider the profession about the most debased and debasing I know.

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Man can be that which he wishes to be; form and substance, they are but shadows. The mind, the ego, the essence of the god-dream -- that is real, that is immortal.

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

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When I cannot stand alone, it will be time to die.

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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.

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Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.

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He was . . . a strange blending of Puritan and Cavalier, with a touch of the ancient philosopher, and more than a touch of the pagan. . . . A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs, protect all weaker things. . . . Wayward and restless as the wind, he was consistent in only one respect—he was true to his ideals of justice and right. Such was Solomon Kane.

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I have put off the past like a worn-out cloak.

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The people among which I lived - and yet live, mainly - made their living from cotton, wheat, cattle, oil, with the usual percentage of business men and professional men.

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A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.

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