It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
EDGAR ALLAN POEIt is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThat man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
EDGAR ALLAN POETake thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
EDGAR ALLAN POEThe boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
EDGAR ALLAN POEAnd all I loved, I loved alone.
EDGAR ALLAN POEI felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.
EDGAR ALLAN POEEven with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThe believer is happy. The doubter is wise.
EDGAR ALLAN POEI am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThere are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion.”
EDGAR ALLAN POEIf you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThose who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
EDGAR ALLAN POEPoetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
EDGAR ALLAN POELord, help my poor soul.
EDGAR ALLAN POETo die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!
EDGAR ALLAN POEIf a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
EDGAR ALLAN POE