Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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To him, who still would gaze upon the glory of the summer sun, there comes, when that sun will from him part, a sullen hopelessness of heart.
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Children are never too tender to be whipped. Like tough beefsteaks, the more you beat them, the more tender they become.
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In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.
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In me didst thou exist-and, in my death, see by this image, which is thine own, how utterly thou hast murdered thyself.
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By the grey woods, by the swamp, where the toad and newt encamp, by the dismal tarns and pools, where dwell the Gouls. By each spot the most unholy, by each nook most melancholy, there the traveller meets, aghast, sheeted memories of the Past. Shrouded forms that start and sigh, as they pass the wanderer by. White-robed forms of friends long given; In agony, to the Earth - and Heaven.
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In other words, I believed, and still do believe, that truth, is frequently of its own essence, superficial, and that, in many cases, the depth lies more in the abysses where we seek her, than in the actual situations wherein she may be found.
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To speak algebraically, Mr. M. is execrable, but Mr. G. is (x + 1)- ecrable.
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It is the curse of a certain order of mind, that it can never rest satisfied with the consciousness of its ability to do a thing.Still less is it content with doing it. It must both know and show how it was done.
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...for her whom in life thou dids't abhor, in death thou shalt adore...
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From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.
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The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception.
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If you have never been at sea in a heavy gale, you can form no idea of the confusion of mind occasioned by wind and spry together. They blind, deafen, and strangle you, and take away all power of action or reflection.
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I fashion the expression of my face, as accurately as possible, in accordance with the expression of his, and then wait to see what thoughts or sentiments arise in my mind or heart, as if to match or correspond with the expression.
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In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed-- But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted.
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It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood.
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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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Democracy is a very admirable form of government - for dogs...
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I have made no money. I am as poor now as ever I was in my life - except in hope, which is by no means bankable.
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I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.
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We had always dwelled together, beneath a tropical sun, in the Valley of the Many Colored Grass.
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As a viewed myself in a fragment of looking-glass..., I was so impressed with a sense of vague awe at my appearance ... that I was seized with a violent tremour.
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Finally on Sunday morning, October 7, 1849, "He became quiet and seemed to rest for a short time. Then, gently, moving his head," he said, "Lord help my poor soul." As he had lived so he died-in great misery and tragedy.
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I am actuated by an ambition which I believe to be an honourable one the ambition of serving the great cause of truth, while endeavouring to forward the literature of the country.
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Decorum -- that bug-bear which deters so many from bliss until the opportunity for bliss has forever gone by.