And little he knew of the things that ink may do, how it can mark a dead man's thought for the wonder of later years, and tell of happening that are …

- Lord Dunsany

A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.

- Lord Dunsany

Humanity, let us say, is like people packed in a automobile which is traveling downhill without lights at a terrific speed and driven by a four-year-…

- Lord Dunsany

How beautiful are dreams! In dreams the dead may live, even the long dead and the very silent.

- Lord Dunsany

Everyone's future is, in reality, uncertain and full of unknown treasures from which all may draw unguessed prizes.

- Lord Dunsany

And you who sought for magic in your youth but desire it not in your age, know that there is a blindness of spirit which comes from age, more black t…

- Lord Dunsany

Once I found out the secret of the universe. I have forgotten what it was, but I know that the Creator does not take Creation seriously, for I rememb…

- Lord Dunsany

Of pure poetry there are two kinds, that which mirrors the beauty of the world in which our bodies are, and that which builds the more mysterious kin…

- Lord Dunsany

Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have ne…

- Lord Dunsany