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One man's bane is another's bliss.
Robert E. Howard
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Robert E. Howard
Age: 30 †
Born: 1906
Born: January 22
Died: 1936
Died: June 11
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Before the invader sound was born, the Universe was silent and shall be again.
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While we may open the books of the past, we may but grant flying glances of the future, through the mist that veils it.
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What shall a man say when a friend has vanished behind the doors of Death? A mere tangle of barren words, only words.
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But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer.
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A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.
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When a nation forgets her skill in war, when her religion becomes a mockery, when the whole nation becomes a nation of money-grabbers, then the wild tribes, the barbarians drive in... Who will our invaders be? From whence will they come?
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The poem you sent me was as fiery and virile as anything you've ever written - or anybody else, for that matter. Especially the second part went to my brain like the flaming liquor of insanity. No one else besides Jack London has the power to move me just that way.
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I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.
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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.
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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.
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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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Civilization is a natural and inevitable consequence - whether good or evil I am not prepared to state.
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