Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
EDGAR ALLAN POEI would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
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As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.
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To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow.
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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
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Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
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Leave my loneliness unbroken.
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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
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