More Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
Always keep a big bottle of booze at your side. If a bird starts talking nonsense to you in the middle of the night pour yourself a stiff drink.
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night
I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.
