Thomas Stearns Eliot

"Only thoso who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

Thomas Stearns Eliot

WHO: Thomas Stearns Eliot was a an American poet, dramatist and critic born in 1888. He was awarded with the Nobel Price in literature in 1948. He died at the age of 77 in 1965.

WHERE: This quote comes from the preface of Transit of Venus: Poems (a collection of poems inspired by his girlfriend).

WHEN: Transit of Venus: Poems was publish in 1931.


Related Author: Jorge Luis Borges

Author Unknown #3

"Laughter isn't only the best medicine, it's also the best disguise."

Author Unknown

Rudyard Kipling

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind"

Rudyard Kipling

WHO: Rudyard Kipling was a British writer born in 1865. Probably best known for his book The Jungle book. He was awarded with the Nobel Price in literature in 1907. He died at the age of 70 in 1936.

WHERE: This quote comes from A Book Of Word. This book contains a selection of his speeches.

WHEN: Rudyard Kipling said this in 1928.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

"What experience and history teach is this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it."

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

WHO: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher. He was born in 1770 and he died at the age of 61 in 1831.  

WHERE: This quote comes from the introduction of Philosophy of History.

WHEN: Philosophy of History (originaly published in 1837) is actually a set of Hegel's readings and multiple notes taken from his students.

Related Author: Aristotle

Anne Rice

"People who cease to belive in God or goodness altogether still belive in the devil. I don't know why. No i do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."

Anne Rice

WHO: Anne Rice is an American writer born in 1941. She is the author of various books of the Gothic genre and christian literature.

WHERE: This quote comes from the novel Interview with the Vampire.

WHEN: Anne Rice wrote this in 1976.

Related movie: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

Related Author': Stephen King

Clive Barker

"I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and i take it very personal when things die - it's a major offence"

Clive Barker

WHO: Clive Barker is an English author, film director and visual artist born in Liverpool (1952). Barker is one of the most acclaimed writers of horror and fantasy being Books of Blood one of his bests (Horror genre). He is also the author of Hellraiser.

WHERE: This is a transcript of a talk at UCLA.

WHEN: Clive Barker said this in 1987 (25 February).


Related Author: H.P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

"No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace"

H. P. Lovecraft

WHO: H.P. Lovecraft, in full Howard Phillips Lovecraft (born Aug. 20, 1890, Providence, R.I., U.S.—died March 15, 1937, Providence), American author of fantastic and macabre short novels and stories, one of the 20th-century masters of the Gothic tale of terror.

WHERE: This quote comes from the poem Ex Oblivione.

WHEN:  Lovecraft wrote this in late 1920 or early 1921 and it was first published in The United Amateur in March 1921, under the pseudonym Ward Phillips.


Related Author: Clive Barker, Stephen King