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Clive Barker Quotes: 7

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.
Days of Magic, Nights of War
[Horror fiction] shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.
Nothing else wounds so deeply and irreparably. Nothing else robs us of hope so much as being unloved by one we love
Here is a list of terrible things,The jaws of sharks, a vultures wingsThe rabid bite of the dogs of war,The voice of one who went before,But most of all the mirror's gaze,Which counts us out our numbered days.
Days of Magic, Nights of War
Writing about the unholy is one way of writing about what is sacred.
Is there any good news?' Tesla said.Who ever promised that? Who ever said there'd be good news?
The Great and Secret Show
As long as they could still be moved by a minor chord, or brought to a crisis of tears by scenes of lovers reunited; as long as there was room in their cautious hearts for games of chance, and laughter in the face of God, that must surely be enough to save them, at the last. If not, there was no hope for any living thing.
Weaveworld