I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
EDGAR ALLAN POEAh, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
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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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The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.
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I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.
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The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.
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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 am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.
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Even in the grave, all is not lost.
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Sleep, those little slices of death – how I loathe them.
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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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I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries.
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If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry.
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There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.
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Yet mad I am not and very surely do I not dream.
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