Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howardwas an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 January 1906
CountryUnited States of America
disease way this-generation
Youngsters of this generation seem not quite so hazardous except in the way of mechanical speed, bad liquor and venereal diseases.
country race interest
I am unable to rouse much interest in any highly civilized race, country or epoch, including this one.
dream men wind
The sea-road is good for wanderers and landless men. There is quenching of thirst on the grey paths of the winds, and the flying clouds to still the sting of lost dreams.
wine pages printed
The printed page was like wine to me.
agony negation sensations
Every twinge of sensation, even of agony, was a negation of death.
art appreciate tin
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.
strong-women strong circus
I reckon if I ever marry, she will have to be a strong woman in a circus or something.
men dusk ill
It is an ill thing to meet a man you thought dead in the woodland at dusk.
kingdoms defeat lost
A kingdom is not lost by a single defeat.
war skills barbarians
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?
palate
I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, & am content.
no-fear hell torture
I have no fear of the Hereafter. An orthodox hell could hardly be more torture than my life has been.
wine blue flames
Let me live deep while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat & stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame crimson, and I am content"......Conan the Cimmerian.
country expression civilization
In the hill country, civilization steals in last, and the people retain much of the crude but vigorous mode of expression of the colonial days and earlier.