I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThe 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.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
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There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.”
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The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
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We loved with a love that was more than love.
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The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.
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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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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow.
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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
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Invisible things are the only realities.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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False hope is nicer than no hope at all.
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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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