In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales Quotes

“To the end of his life he remained convinced of the high calling of the genuine artist, and he knew that artists must sometimes toil in obscurity, and in the face of prevailing public opinion.”
― Lord Dunsany, In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales

“And emerging from these houses and going in, and seeing the pretence of paint and stucco year after year until it all peeled away, the souls of the poor owners of those houses sought to be other souls until they grew weary of it.”
― Lord Dunsany, In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales

“All that is is so because it was to be. Rail not, therefore, against what is, for it was all to be.”
― Lord Dunsany, In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales

“It is to see at a glance the glory of the world, to see beauty in all its forms and manifestations, to feel ugliness like a pain, to resent the wrongs of others as bitterly as one’s own, to know mankind as others know single men, to know Nature as botanists know a flower, to be thought a fool, to hear at moments the clear voice of God.”
― Lord Dunsany, In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales

“Then said the gods: “Let Us make one to seek, to seek and never to find out concerning the wherefore of the making of the gods.” And They made by the lifting of Their hands, each god according to his sign, the Bright One with the flaring tail to seek from the end of the Worlds to the end of them again, to return again after a hundred years. Man, when thou seest the comet, know that another seeketh besides thee nor ever findeth out.”
― Lord Dunsany, In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales

“And Pegāna was without heat or light or sound, save for the drumming of Skarl; moreover Pegāna was The Middle of All, for there was below Pegāna what there was above it, and there lay before it that which lay beyond. Then said the gods, making the signs of the gods and speaking with Their hands lest the silence of Pegāna should blush; then said the gods to one another, speaking with Their hands: “Let Us make worlds to amuse Ourselves while MĀNA rests. Let Us make worlds and Life and Death, and colours in the sky; only let Us not break the silence upon Pegāna.” Then raising Their hands, each god according to his sign, They made the worlds and the suns, and put a light in the houses of the sky.”
― Lord Dunsany, In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales