Quotes by : Edgar Allan Poe

The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once,....

This apartment, which you no doubt profanely suppose to be the shop of Will Wimble the undertaker --a....

To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.

Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again.Such hilarious visions clamber Through....

A skillful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thoughts to accommodate....

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Even in the grave, all is not lost.

Ah, dream too bright to last! Ah, starry Hope! that didst arise But to be overcast! A voice from out....

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

True, nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am, but why will say that I am mad?! The....