I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect – in terror.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThe death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.
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In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.
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I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
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That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses.
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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
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Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
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The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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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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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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A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
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