The true genius shudders at incompleteness – imperfection – and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.
EDGAR ALLAN POEWhen a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
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The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame.
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Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.
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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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The best things in life make you sweaty.
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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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Blood was its Avatar and its seal.
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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.
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That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses.
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Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
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Lord, help my poor soul.
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And I fell violently on my face.
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