It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no...

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no...

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of...

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of...

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly...

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe....

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe....

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall...

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall...

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream...

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream...

In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an...

In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an...

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

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

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can...

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can...

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will...

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will...

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our...

There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no...

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions...

Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions...

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who...

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who...

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

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

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