I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
EDGAR ALLAN POEWith me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.
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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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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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That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
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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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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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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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I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.
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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
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Invisible things are the only realities.
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And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.
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Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
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From childhood’s hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.
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To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.
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Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.
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