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Famous Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
“The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.”
“I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.”
“The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.”
“The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.”
“We had always dwelled together, beneath a tropical sun, in the Valley of the Many Colored Grass.”
“Blood was its Avatar and its seal.”
“I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.”
“Never to suffer would have been never to have been blessed.”
“Deep in earth my love is lying And I must weep alone.”
“I dread the events of the future, not in themselves but in their results.”
“The rain came down upon my head - Unshelter'd. And the wind rendered me mad and deaf and blind.”
“There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told.”
“Yes," I said, "for the love of God!”
“Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.”
“Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!”
“And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.”
“And I fell violently on my face.”
“Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.”
“The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception.”
“Invisible things are the only realities.”
“Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.”