No death, no doom, no anguish can arouse the surpassing despair which flows from a loss of identity. Merging with nothingness is peaceful oblivion; but to be aware of existence and yet to know that one is no longer a definite being distinguished from other beings—that one no longer has a self—that is the nameless summit of agony and dread. Copy quote Mistake in quote? Share Leave a comment H. P. LovecraftThrough the Gates of the Silver KeyIndividualityHorror, TerrorOblivionHuman, People
Time, the waves went on, is motionless, and without beginning or end. That it has motion, and is the cause of change, is an illusion. Indeed, it is itself really an illusion... Copy quote Mistake in quote? Share Leave a comment H. P. LovecraftThrough the Gates of the Silver KeyTimeIllusionsChangesMotion, MovementLife Quotes