54 Quotes About Edgar-allan-poe

Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção.

In spite of Mr. Poe's fame, the pair made me feel out of sorts, and sad. In one of the busiest cities in the world, they seemed to exist on a bleak island of their own making, their backs turned against the social tide lapping at the battered door.

You will say, no doubt, using the language of the law, that 'to make out my case,' I should rather undervalue, than insist upon a full estimation of the activity required in this matter. This may be the practice in law, but it is not the usage of reason.

You are not wrong, who deemThat my days have been a dream...All that we see or seemIs but a dream within a dream.

A mystery, and a dream, should my early life seem.

I have not always been as now:The fever'd diadem on my brow I claim'd and won unsurprisingly-Hath not the same fierce heirdom given Rome to the Caeser-this is me? The heritage of a kindly mind,And a proud spirit which hath striven Triumphantly with human kind.

The raven of Edgar Allan Poe has a halo that he extinguishes from time to time("Spanish Generosity")

The esteemed Reverend Rufus Griswold is everything I aspire to be, though I fear I shall never soar so quite as high as he"-from his resignation letter to Graham's Magazine

Even if you don’t like Poe—he invented the detective story. And science fiction. In essence, he invented a huge part of the twentieth century.