Arthur Machen Quote

There are certain scenes, certain hills and valleys and groves of pines which demand that a story shall be written about them. I would refine; I would say that the emotions aroused by these external things reverberating in the heart are indeed the story; or all that signifies the story....We translate a hill into a tale, conceive lovers to explain a brook, turn the perfect into the imperfect.


The Great God Pan and the Hill of Dreams (ed. Courier Corporation, 2006) - ISBN: 9780486443454


There are certain scenes, certain hills and valleys and groves of pines which demand that a story shall be written about them. I would refine; I...

There are certain scenes, certain hills and valleys and groves of pines which demand that a story shall be written about them. I would refine; I...

There are certain scenes, certain hills and valleys and groves of pines which demand that a story shall be written about them. I would refine; I...

There are certain scenes, certain hills and valleys and groves of pines which demand that a story shall be written about them. I would refine; I...