Edgar Allan Poe

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

"Sleep, those little slices of death—how I loathe them."

"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey."

"I am not very well—and the constant anxiety I endure about her will inevitably wear me away."

"The greatest horrors in life come not from external threats but from within the human heart."

"Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see."

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting."

"I have absolutely no fear of death."

"The true genius shakes the world, and leaves no doubt of his impact."

"Perhaps the greatest paradox is that we create order to escape chaos, yet chaos defines our existence."

"Every moment of existence is a moment of choice."

"Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light."

"The pursuit of beauty is never lost on those with noble spirits."

"I have absolutely no doubt that I am the greatest writer of my age."

"Our greatest strength lies not in our victories but in how we face our defeats."

"The human heart is unlike any other creation in its capacity for both love and cruelty."

"To write with genius requires the sacrifice of ordinary peace."

"I dwell with beauty—beauty in the darkness."

"Science has opened doors that philosophy had merely imagined."

"The dead do not rest peacefully when their deeds cry out for justice."

"Patience is the virtue of the melancholy man."

"In the silence between heartbeats lies the truth of our condition."

"The most merciful thing in the world is the human mind's ability to not understand all it perceives."

"We are all slaves to something, whether we acknowledge it or not."

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

"The greatest influence upon my life has been my suffering."

"Art should elevate the soul beyond the mundane circumstances of existence."

"Kindness toward others is the truest form of strength."

"The lover's obsession is indistinguishable from madness."

"In dreams, we are free from the tyranny of reason."