The Chymist Quotes & Sayings

Some people might say it's not smart to be so insecure about what you wear. But that's not how I see it. The stupid woman is the one who thinks she doesn't need any help. What does a man know about things like that? a stupid woman thinks, and proceeds to make the wrong choice. — Herman Koch

Oh, thou clear spirit, of thy fire thou madest me, and like a true child of fire, I breathe it back to thee. — Herman Melville

Do your homework or hire wise experts to help you. Never jump into a business you have no idea about. — John Templeton

Why do men so often filter out the detail when they tell personal stories Do they think it's the way to draw out the universality Women know better. It's detail unique detail which more truly does so providing points of divergence and comparison coincidence and dissonance throwing a slanting light on the idiopathic features of our own lives to bring out long weighty shadows of universal human meaning. — Lilian Darcy

An old dream with a shiny new veneer. It's fascinating, you know, how an obsolete madness is sometimes adopted and stylized in an attempt to ghoulishly preserve it. These are the days of second-hand fantasies and antiquated hysteria.
("The Chymist") — Thomas Ligotti

I have no conscience at all
least of all an artistic conscience. All I have is nerves. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts. — John Drinkwater

I was just passing by. Saw the commotion. Figured you were involved. — Darynda Jones

My imagination? No, I don't think it's VIVID at all. On the contrary, it's not nearly potent enough. My poor imaginative faculties have always needed ... extentions. That's why I'm here with you. You're smiling again, or rather you're SMIRKING. Funny word, smirk. Rather like an extraterrestrial surname. Simon Smirk. How do you think that sounds? — Thomas Ligotti

Words hate to waste energy. If you can't find the right word, don't look for it. It will find you. The right word at the right time stops wars, cures heartaches, mends bridges, sweeps away barriers. — Chloe Thurlow