Fear is our deepest and strongest emotion, and the one which best lends itself to the creation of nature-defying illusions.

That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.

I felt myself on the edge of the world; peering over the rim into a fathomless chaos of eternal night.

Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown

If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!

No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.

I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.

The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them. They walk serene and primal, undimensioned and to us unseen.

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians.

The good don't masquerade their goodness, they just are.

As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph.

The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop.

Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the eternal goal.

I think I'm going to cry, this is crazy." "No, you're just processing. Go ahead and cry." "I thought men got nervous around crying females." "I'm a Marine, remember? We're trained to handle anything.

On the whole, British actors star in theater, and I think there's something quite grounding about that.

Higher yet and higher out of clouds and night, nearer yet and nearer rising to the light - light, serene and holy where my soul may rest, purified and lowly, sanctified and blest.

Her clarity gave her purpose and her purpose gave her clarity.

Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not.

Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.