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.
EDGAR ALLAN POEExperience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow.
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When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket.
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
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Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
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Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
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The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.
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To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!
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False hope is nicer than no hope at all.
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Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.
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Blood was its Avatar and its seal.
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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.
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Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
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A man’s grammar, like Caesar’s wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.
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