robert e howard

“ I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I seek not beyond death. ”

“ Terrific winds screamed past Conan, tugging, tearing at him, striving to wrench him from his feet, to drag him into the vortex that spun madly before him. ”

“ One man's bane is another's bliss. ”

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

“ Lift that scimitar against me, you Hyrkanian pig and I'll gut you where you stand! ”

“ Poets always hate those in power. ”

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

“ Your fathers did the fighting and the suffering, and handed their crowns to you on golden platters. ”

“ Men are but men, and the greatest men are they who soonest learn the simpler things. ”

“ The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery! ”