Quotes from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos

H.P. Lovecraft ·  462 pages

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“There are vocal qualities peculiar to men, and vocal qualities peculiar to beasts; and it is terrible to hear the one when the source should yield the other.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“Ihre Hand ist an eurer Kehle, doch seht ihr Sie nicht.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“Es wäre ihnen ein Leichtes, die Erde zu erobern, sie haben es aber bislang nicht versucht, weil dazu keine Notwendigkeit bestand. Sie lassen die Dinge lieber so, wie sie sind, und ersparen sich die Scherereien.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“jedenfalls hörte ich Donnerschläge und andere Geräusche, welche die Natur nur im Zorne von sich gibt.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“Nyarlathotep ... das kriechende Chaos ... Ich bin der letzte ... Ich werde es der lauschenden Leere verkünden ...”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos



“Wir leben auf einer friedlichen Insel der Ahnungslosigkeit inmitten schwarzer Meere der Unendlichkeit, und es war nicht vorgesehen, dass wir diese Gewässer weit befahren sollen.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“denn dann sei die Menschheit wie die Großen Alten geworden; frei und ungezähmt und jenseits von Gut und Böse, und jedes Gesetz und jede Moral sei zur Seite gefegt, und alle Menschen würden schreien und töten und sich in Lust ergehen.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“...und der ganze Erdball würde durch eine Fackel aus Ekstase und Freiheit in Flammen gesetzt.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“Vorsicht ist die erste Sorge jener, die gelegentliche Scharlatanerie und Betrug gewöhnt sind.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“So erweckte er eher den Eindruck harmloser Unbeholfenheit, als attraktiv zu wirken.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos



“In seinem Verhalten schien eine kryptische, sardonische Arroganz zu lauern, als ödeten ihn alle menschlichen Wesen nur noch an.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“Befragt die Geringeren, auf daß nicht die Größeren Euch antworten und mehr heraufbeschwören, als Ihr vermöget”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“Nichtsdestotrotz habet Ihr starke Hände, ein Messer und eine Pistole, und es ist nicht schwer, ein Grab zu schaufeln.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


“Der Wind rauscht mit Ihren Stimmen, und die Erde grollt durch Ihren Geist.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, quote from Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos


About the author

H.P. Lovecraft
Born place: in Providence, Rhode Island, The United States
Born date August 20, 1890
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