Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
EDGAR ALLAN POETo die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
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The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.
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There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
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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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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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Yet mad I am not and very surely do I not dream.
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A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
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And I fell violently on my face.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
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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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I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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The true genius shudders at incompleteness – imperfection – and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.
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The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
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