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?
EDGAR ALLAN POEThat pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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And I fell violently on my face.
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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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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.
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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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The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow.
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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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False hope is nicer than no hope at all.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.
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Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die.
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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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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
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I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.
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As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.
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Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
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