I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
EDGAR ALLAN POEThe depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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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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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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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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The past is a pebble in my shoe.
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Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best have gone to their eternal rest.
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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect – in terror.
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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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The ninety and nine are with dreams, content, but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.
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Lord, help my poor soul.
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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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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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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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I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.
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Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
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Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
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