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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

If you are ever drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations Picture Quote #1

And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave Picture Quote #1

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 which I conceived it Picture Quote #1

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 was a certain restless brilliancy about her eyes that half led me to imagine she was not Picture Quote #1

A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth Picture Quote #1

The analytical power should not be confounded with simple ingenuity; for while the analyst is necessarily ingenious, the ingenious man is often remarkably incapable of analysis Picture Quote #1

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Whether people grow fat by joking, or whether there is something in fat itself which predisposes to a joke, I have never been quite able to determine Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

For years your name never passed my lips, while my soul drank in, with a delirious thirst, all that was uttered in my presence respecting you Picture Quote #1

Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man Picture Quote #1

If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry Picture Quote #1

No murmur arose from its bed, and so gently it wandered along, that the pearly pebbles upon which we loved to gaze, far down within its bosom, stirred not at all, but lay in a motionless content, each in its own old station, shining on gloriously forever Picture Quote #1

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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil Picture Quote #1

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, by coincidences of so seemingly marvellous a character that, as mere coincidences, the intellect has been unable to receive them Picture Quote #1

Depend upon it, after all, thomas, literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path Picture Quote #1

I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others. I suffered myself to use intemperate language to my wife. At length, I even offered her personal violence Picture Quote #1

In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own Picture Quote #1

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their grey visions they obtain glimpses of eternity Picture Quote #1

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The higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than by all the elaborate frivolity of chess Picture Quote #1

It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma or the kind which human ingenuity may not, by proper application resolve Picture Quote #1

I’ve been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe Picture Quote #1

I would say that Edgar Allan Poe, [Georges] Perec, Thomas Pynchon, and [Jorge Luis] Borges are all boy-writers. These are writers who take... a kind of demonic joy in writing Picture Quote #1

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If you are ever drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) 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 which I conceived it (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) 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 was a certain restless brilliancy about her eyes that half led me to imagine she was not (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) The analytical power should not be confounded with simple ingenuity; for while the analyst is necessarily ingenious, the ingenious man is often remarkably incapable of analysis (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Whether people grow fat by joking, or whether there is something in fat itself which predisposes to a joke, I have never been quite able to determine (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) 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 (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) For years your name never passed my lips, while my soul drank in, with a delirious thirst, all that was uttered in my presence respecting you (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul; you haven’t experienced poetry (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) No murmur arose from its bed, and so gently it wandered along, that the pearly pebbles upon which we loved to gaze, far down within its bosom, stirred not at all, but lay in a motionless content, each in its own old station, shining on gloriously forever (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill, in waking, to find that they have been upon the verge of the great secret. In snatches, they learn something of the wisdom which is of good, and more of the mere knowledge which is of evil (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) 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, by coincidences of so seemingly marvellous a character that, as mere coincidences, the intellect has been unable to receive them (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) Depend upon it, after all, thomas, literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others. I suffered myself to use intemperate language to my wife. At length, I even offered her personal violence (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their grey visions they obtain glimpses of eternity (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) The higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than by all the elaborate frivolity of chess (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma or the kind which human ingenuity may not, by proper application resolve (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) I’ve been influenced by poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes) I would say that Edgar Allan Poe, [Georges] Perec, Thomas Pynchon, and [Jorge Luis] Borges are all boy-writers. These are writers who take... a kind of demonic joy in writing (Edgar Allan Poe Quotes)

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