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
sweat forever soul
How can I wear the harness of toil And sweat at the daily round, While in my soul forever The drums of Pictdom sound?
devil way path
I'm not going out of my way looking for devils; but I wouldn't step out of my path to let one go by.
men feet dominance
It was no ape, neither was it a man. It was some shambling horror spawned in the mysterious, nameless jungles of the south, where strange life teemed in the reeking rot without the dominance of man, and drums thundered in temples that had never known the tread of a human foot.
rome peachy
Rome got some peachy pastings when she tried to lick the Irish.
spiritual real believe
I think the real reason so many youngsters are clamoring for freedom of some vague sort, is because of unrest and dissatisfaction with present conditions; I don't believe this machine age gives full satisfaction in a spiritual way, if the term may be allowed.
queens kings cheer
Musings The little poets sing of little things: Hope, cheer, and faith, small queens and puppet kings; Lovers who kissed and then were made as one, And modest flowers waving in the sun. The mighty poets write in blood and tears And agony that, flame-like, bites and sears. They reach their mad blind hands into the night, To plumb abysses dead to human sight; To drag from gulfs where lunacy lies curled, Mad, monstrous nightmare shapes to blast the world. [click on the thumbnail by Jack "King" Kirby]
dream real men
Man can be that which he wishes to be; form and substance, they are but shadows. The mind, the ego, the essence of the god-dream -- that is real, that is immortal.
death ocean eternity
What is death but a traversing of eternities and a crossing of cosmic oceans?
snakes cities world
If I was wealthy I'd never do anything but poke around in ruined cities all over the world - and probably get snake-bit.
kids thinking oil
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.
civilization skins red
Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.
song sea mountain
Coming, as I do, from mountain folk on one side and sea followers on the other, there are few old songs of the hills or the sea with which I am not familiar.
sound silent invaders
Before the invader sound was born, the Universe was silent and shall be again.
believe fighting saws
I don't believe I ever saw an Oklahoman who wouldn't fight at the drop of a hat -- and frequently drop the hat himself.