Robert W. Chambers Quotes

Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies

It is well if you go in for revenge to make it as complete as possible.("The Vengeance Of The Dead")

Perhaps the prayer that is offered when the time for praying is over is more terribly pathetic than any other. Yet one might hesitate to say that this prayer was unanswered.("The Undying Thing")

Modernity kills ghostly romance("The Undying Thing")

I have an acute sense of delicacy. Naturally I am prejudiced in favour of virtue.("The Accursed Cordonnier")

Let the red dawn surmise What we shall do, When this blue starlight dies And all is through.”(The Yellow Sign)

Like swimming squirrels, you navigate with the help of Heaven and a stiff breeze, but you never land where you hope to—do you?

No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire.