Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
EDGAR ALLAN POEI felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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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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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded.
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Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore.
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Those who gossip with you will gossip about you.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
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Sleep, those little slices of death – how I loathe them.
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Lord, help my poor soul.
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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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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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All that we see and seem is but a dream within a dream.
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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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