11 Quotes & Sayings By Robert Aickman

British author Robert Aickman was born in 1915 in South Africa. His first book, The Strangers, was published in 1967. A collection of short stories, it was followed by two novels, The Nightmare Scenario (1985) and The Wine-Dark Sea (1990). He died in 2004.

The first step towards mastering time is always to make...
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The first step towards mastering time is always to make time meaningless Robert Aickman
After all, that was a main purpose of science: to...
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After all, that was a main purpose of science: to make things of all kinds happen sooner than they otherwise would. Robert Aickman
At heart, women are creatures of darkness all the time.
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At heart, women are creatures of darkness all the time. Robert Aickman
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Enchanted islands are hard to understand, ' he said. 'I've always thought that. It worried me even as a child. The trouble is that you can never be sure where the enchantment begins and where it ends. Robert Aickman
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No milk. It is black coffee, pure but strong, that fortifies against the powers of darkness with which the world is filled. Robert Aickman
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Answers are almost always insufficient. They are almost always misleading. Robert Aickman
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Haven't you noticed by this time that everyone's lives are full of things you can't understand? The exceptional thing is the thing you can understand. Robert Aickman
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Conventions are, indeed, all that shield us from the shivering void, though often they do so but poorly and desperately. Robert Aickman
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It is strange that people train themselves so carefully to go to waste so prematurely Robert Aickman
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We are most of us two people, your Highness. There is something lacking in the man who is one thing only, and so, as he believes, at peace with the world and with himself. Robert Aickman