Edgar Allan Poe quotes

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, and literary critic, famous for his macabre and mysterious works. His stories and poems laid the foundations for modern detective fiction and greatly influenced the genres of horror and gothic literature. He is remembered for masterpieces such as "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." Here are 205 of his quotes:

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. (Edgar Allan Poe)
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? View quote
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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. View quote
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Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' View quote
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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. View quote
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night. View quote
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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. View quote
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered. View quote
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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it. View quote
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That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward. View quote
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. (Edgar Allan Poe)
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. View quote
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A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime. View quote
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Sleep. Those little slices of death. How I loathe them. View quote
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years of love have been forgot, in the hatred of a minute. View quote
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True! - nervous - very, very nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? View quote
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Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door, Perched, and sat, and nothing more. View quote
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The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all these more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind. View quote
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception. View quote
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We loved with a love that was more than love. View quote
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Convinced myself, I seek not to convince. (Edgar Allan Poe)
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. View quote
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And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore. View quote
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After reading all that has been written, and after thinking all that can be thought, on the topics of God and the soul, the man who has a right to say that he thinks at all, will find himself face to face with the conclusion that, on these topics, the most profound thought is that which can be the least easily distinguished from the most superficial sentiment. View quote
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And all I loved, I loved alone. View quote
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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe - Image
Occupation: American Writer
Born: January 19, 1809
Died: October 7, 1849
Quotes count: 205
Wikipedia: Edgar Allan Poe

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