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1906–1936 United States
Robert Ervin Howard (22 January 1906 – 11 June 1936) was an American writer of fantasy and historical adventure pulp stories, published primarily in Weird Tales magazine in the 1930s.
United States Novelists Poets Short story writers Also known as: Howard, Robert E., Robert Ervin Howard, A Witch Shall Be Born, Beyond the Black River, Jewels of Gwahlur, Queen of the Black Coast
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"Wits and swords are as straws against the wisdom of the Darkness..."
The Phoenix on the Sword (1932)
Conan stood paralyzed in the disruption of the faculties which demoralizes anyone who is confronted by an impossible negation of sanity.
The Devil in Iron (1934)
Rome got some peachy pastings when she tried to lick the Irish.
Men are as fickle as women. Women have been kept in servitude so long that if they lack in discernment and intellect it is scarcely their fault.
My feet are set on the outward trails
I could name all day, those women I deem great in Greece alone and the records would scarcely be complete.
What shall a man say when a friend has vanished behind the doors of Death? A mere tangle of barren words, only words.
I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I never read a book by anybody advising writers how to write.
My body seems a mere encumbrance to me; an imbecillic wagon, hitched to the horse of desire, which is the soul.
"When I cannot stand alone, it will be time to die," he mumbled, through mashed lips. "But I'd like a flagon of wine."
Rogues in the House (1934)
All men know that a dead magician is more evil than a living one.
Rattle of Bones (1929)
If men are to meet steel with steel, they should be adequately armed. Long spears and short swords to meet a charge of long swords. If you dont believe that, read the chronicles of Rome and Macedonia.
“The right is on my side,” said Kane somberly. “And right is mightier than a thousand men-at-arms.”
The Castle of the Devil (1968)
And about the table where stood the Dark Man, immovable as a mountain, washed the red waves of slaughter.
The Dark Man (1931)
Conan sensed their uncertainty and grinned mirthlessly and ferociously. "Who dies first?"
The Phoenix on the Sword (1932)
I reckon if I ever marry, she will have to be a strong woman in a circus or something.
Conan wheeled toward the gaping corsairs.
Shadows in the Moonlight (1934)
Come, my friend, let us cuss things in general.
I have no fear of the Hereafter. An orthodox hell could hardly be more torture than my life has been.
It is not, of course, because of any selfish motive that he has invaded a helpless country, bombing, burning and gassing both combatants and non-combatants by the thousands.
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