All Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
- Most writers - poets in especial - prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy - an ecstatic intuition -… Behind
- Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to possess… Abundant
- Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. Fact
- It is with literature as with law or empire - an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession. Empire
- To observe attentively is to remember distinctly. Attentively
- Man is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man. Animal
- How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings! Beginnings
- A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. Deserve
- Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. Ending
- And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting... Flitting
- Odors have an altogether peculiar force, in affecting us through association; a force differing essentially from that of objects addressing the touch, the taste, the… Addressing
- The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist Accurate
- Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore - Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! Quoth the… Ancient
- I have made no money. I am as poor now as ever I was in my life - except in hope, which is by no… Bankable
- If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul; you haven't experienced poetry. Apart
- The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls. Inspirational
- I intend to put up with nothing that I can put down. Down
- All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire. All
- Democracy is a very admirable form of government - for dogs Admirable
- There are few persons who have not, at some period of their lives, amused themselves in retracing the steps by which particular conclusions of their… Amused
- Me volví loco, con largos intervalos de horrible cordura. Con
- We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused - in place of the… Artillery
- Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,- Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Bust
- From a proud tower in the town, Death looks gigantically down. Death
- To speak algebraically, Mr. M. is execrable, but Mr. G. is (x + 1)- ecrable. Algebraically