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Edgar Allan Poe

~ 1809 - 1849

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer known for his dark and macabre short stories and poetry. He is considered a master of Gothic fiction and is famous for works such as "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Raven," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Poe's writings have had a lasting impact on literature and have influenced the development of the detective fiction genre.

  1. Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.

    Edgar Allan Poe
    #suffering#blessing#existence

  2. Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

    Edgar Allan Poe
    #truth#philosophy#experience

  3. The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

    Edgar Allan Poe
    #life#death#boundaries

  4. I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

    Edgar Allan Poe
    #poetry#beauty#creation

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

    Edgar Allan Poe
    #beauty#emotion#sensitivity

  6. All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

    Edgar Allan Poe
    #dream#perception#reality

  7. We loved with a love that was more than love.

    Edgar Allan Poe
    #love#passion#intensity

  8. They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

    Edgar Allan Poe
    #dream#awareness#perception

  9. I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

    Edgar Allan PoeLetter to George W. Eveleth, January 4, 1848
    #insanity#sanity#conflict