Not as the plants and flowers of Earth, growing peacefully beneath a simple sun, were the blossoms of the planet Lophai. Coiling and uncoiling in dou…

- Clark Ashton Smith

In his bleak mercy, Death forever strips The soul of light and memory, rendering blind Our vision, lest surmounted deeps appal, As when on mountain-h…

- Clark Ashton Smith

Bow down, I am the emperor of dreams.

- Clark Ashton Smith

There have been times when only a hair's-breadth has intervened betwixt myself and the seething devil-ridden world of madness; for the hideous knowle…

- Clark Ashton Smith

Only the impossible has any real charm; the possible has been vulgarized by happening too often.

- Clark Ashton Smith