It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
EDGAR ALLAN POEWith me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
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Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
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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 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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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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Art is to look at not to criticize.
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A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.
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And I fell violently on my face.
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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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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We loved with a love that was more than love.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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