My body seems a mere encumbrance to me; an imbecillic wagon… - Robert E. Howard

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My body seems a mere encumbrance to me; an imbecillic wagon, hitched to the horse of desire, which is the soul.

Robert E. Howard

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Robert Ervin Howard (22 January 1906 – 11 June 1936) was an American writer of fantasy and historical adventure pulp stories, published primarily in Weird Tales magazine in the 1930s.

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Pen Names: Patrick Ervin • Sam Walser • Patrick Mac Conaire • Steve Costigan • Patrick Howard • John Taverel

Birth Name: Robert Ervin Howard

Alternative Names: REH • R. E. Howard • Robert Howard • Two-Gun Bob • Bob Howard

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Slowly he rose, mechanically wiping his hands upon his cloak. A dark scowl had settled on his somber brow. Yet he made no wild, reckless vow, swore no oath by saints or devils.
"Men shall die for this," he said coldly.

By Crom, I do not like this place, where dead men rise, and sleeping men vanish into the bellies of shadows!

up in the glade, and notch an arrow.

My body seems a mere encumbrance to me; an imbecillic wagon, hitched to the horse of desire, which is the soul. - Robert E. Howard

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