All Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
- That single thought is enough. The impulse increases to a wish, the wish to a desire, the desire to an uncontrollable longing, and the longing… All
- I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. Him
- Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of… All
- If you are ever drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations. Drowned
- To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths! All
- There are few persons, even among the calmest thinkers, who have not occasionally been startled into a vague yet thrilling half credence in the supernatural,… Among
- And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave. Fancy
- Tell me truly, I implore-- Is there-- is there balm in Gilead?--tell me--tell me, I implore! Balm
- For my own part, I have never had a thought which I could not set down in words, with even more distinctness than that with… Conceived
- Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart… Action
- 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. Broken
- Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was… Dared
- Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries Book
- I have been happy, though in a dream. I have been happy-and I love the theme: Dreams! in their vivid colouring of life As in… Been
- I was cautious in what I said before the young lady; for I could not be sure that she was sane; and, in fact, there… Brilliancy
- Art is to look at not to criticize. Art
- I remained to much inside my head and ended up losing my mind Ended
- You call it hope-that fire of fire! It is but agony of desire. Agony
- Once upon a midnight dreary Dreary
- In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the most profound slumbers,… Afterward
- Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die. Die
- Leave my loneliness unbroken Inspirational
- The realities of the world affected me as visions, and as visions only, while the wild ideas of the land of dreams became, in turn,—not… Affected
- The death then of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world, and equally is it beyond doubt that the lips… Beautiful
- There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell. Aspect