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In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming. Horror he had adjusted to. But monotony was the greater obstacle, and he realized it now, understood it at long last. And understanding it

In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming. Horror he had adjusted to. But monotony was the greater obstacle, and he realized it now, understood it at long last. And understanding it seemed to give him a sort of quiet peace, a sense of having spread all the cards on his mental table, examined them, and settled conclusively on the desired hand.

Richard Matheson
Dream, Hands, Long
Richard Matheson (2017). “Richard Matheson Thrillers: I Am Legend, Someone is Bleeding, Ride the Nightmare, Fury on Sunday”, p.90, RosettaBooks

The vampire was real. It was only that his true story had never been told.

Richard Matheson
Real, Vampire, Stories
Richard Matheson (1954). “I Am Legend”, Greenwich, Connecticut : Fawcett

A surfeiting of terror soon made terror a cliché.

Richard Matheson
Made, Terror
Richard Matheson (2017). “Richard Matheson Thrillers: I Am Legend, Someone is Bleeding, Ride the Nightmare, Fury on Sunday”, p.118, RosettaBooks

And, before science had caught up with the legend, the legend had swallowed science and everything.

Richard Matheson
Legends, Caught, Caught Up
Richard Matheson (1954). “I Am Legend”, Greenwich, Connecticut : Fawcett

No longer will you be a weird Robinson Crusoe, imprisoned on an island of night surrounded by oceans of death.

Richard Matheson
Ocean, Night, Islands
Richard Matheson (2017). “Richard Matheson Thrillers: I Am Legend, Someone is Bleeding, Ride the Nightmare, Fury on Sunday”, p.67, RosettaBooks

I hate it when something I've had published "inspires" some nut to imitate what I've written, or some teacher gets fired for having her students read one of my stories or novels.

Richard Matheson
Teacher, Hate, Nuts
"Ed Gorman Calling: We Talk to Richard Matheson". Interview with Ed Gorman, Filmfax Magazine, 2004.

He stood there for a moment looking around the silent room, shaking his head slowly. All these books, he thought, the residue of a planet’s intellect, the scrapings of futile minds, the leftovers, the potpourri of artifacts that had no power to save men from perishing.

Richard Matheson
Book, Men, Mind
Richard Matheson (1954). “I Am Legend”, Greenwich, Connecticut : Fawcett

That's what was wrong with drinking too much. You became immune to drunken delights. There was no solace in liquor. Before you got happy, you collapsed.

Richard Matheson
Drinking, Alcohol, Delight
Richard Matheson (1954). “I Am Legend”, Greenwich, Connecticut : Fawcett

Really now, search your soul, lovie-is the vampire so bad? All he does is drink blood.

Richard Matheson
Blood, Soul, Vampire
Richard Matheson (1954). “I Am Legend”, Greenwich, Connecticut : Fawcett

…Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to witness that marring. If they were, they’d become self-conscious and be unable to concentrate on improving themselves.

Richard Matheson
Self, Way, Action
Richard Matheson (2007). “What Dreams May Come: A Novel”, p.94, Macmillan

Failures plagued me. Things I had omitted or ignored, neglected. What I should have given and hadn’t. I felt the biting pang of every unfulfillment.

Richard Matheson
Should Have, Biting, Ignored
Richard Matheson (2007). “What Dreams May Come: A Novel”, p.38, Macmillan

Each memory was brought to life before me and within me. I could not avoid them. Neither could I rationalize, explain away. I could only re-experience with total cognizance, unprotected by pretense. Self delusion was impossible, truth exposed in this blinding light. Nothing as I thought it had been. Nothing as I hoped it had been. Only as it had been.

Richard Matheson
Memories, Light, Self
Richard Matheson (1978). “What dreams may come: a novel”, Putnam Publishing Group

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