The best Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.

Humanity

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Words Poetry

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

Darkness

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

Writing

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

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

Religion

Lord help my poor soul.

last words - March 7th 1849

Last Words

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"Nevermore was founded over 200 years ago to educate outcasts."
"Students from all walks of life."
"And death."
"Our mission is to help each student master their unique abilities. So we offer a full range of extracurricular activities. From painting… to archery."
"For centuries, notable alumni have roamed these majestic halls, from the master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, to personal heroes like Ignatius Itt, and of course, Morticia and Gomez Addams."
"Our highly trained faculty educate our young outcasts on a wide range of subjects. Everything from werewolf reproduction to Gorgon anatomy."

Wednesday - Season 1

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You're gonna like Massachusetts. It's very patriotic - perfect for a fresh start.

Georgia Miller in Ginny & Georgia - Season 1 Episode 1

Massachusetts

I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.

Uma Thurman

Massachusetts

I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Warren

Massachusetts

The man in the White House is not the cause of what is broken, he is just the latest and most extreme symptom of what's gone wrong in America. A product of a rigged system that props up the rich and powerful and kicks dirt on everyone else.

Elizabeth Warren (as Senator of Massachusetts) - February 9, 2019

Massachusetts

I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

Mitt Romney

Massachusetts

No one has ever been delighted to be in Boston in December. December? What are you excited about? "Oh, I love chapped lips and getting thrown up on by Patriots fans, how peachy."

Trevor Noah in The Daily Show - December 2022

New England Patriots Boston

Welcome to Boston, where the weather is made up and the seasons don't matter.

Boston

Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.

Bill Bryson

Boston

Let's be honest: There's no better college town than Boston.

Boston

We say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are worse surveyors.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Boston

What do Marylanders call their ex-girlfriends?
Old Bay.

Maryland

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Maryland - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Maryland

Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Words Magic

Where words are scarse, they are seldome spent in vaine.

William Shakespeare in Richard II

Words

Weems: "No doubt you'll find something that tickles your fancy."
Wednesday: "The last person who tickled me lost a finger."

Wednesday Addams in Wednesday - Season 1 Episode 2

Just as long as you're lakeside cheering us to victory on race day... or you can just glare uncomfortably. Whatever works for you.

Enid Sinclair in Wednesday - Season 1 Episode 2

It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Dreaming

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Small Things Fate & Destiny

I think it's better to leave with decorum and great dignity.

Jiji in Kiki’s Delivery Service

Dignity

Hate burns fast and bright, and it might make you feel empowered for a while, but eventually it consumes whatever vessel it fuels.

Arnold Schwarzenegger - März 2023

Hatred

The soldier's minute. In a battle that's all you get. One minute of everything at once. And anything before it nothing. Everything after, nothing. Nothing in comparison to that one minute.

Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders - Season 1 Episode 6

Minutes

Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Humanity Breakup Grief & Condolence

Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.

W. S. Merwin

Poetry

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens

Gimli in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Loyalty Darkness

Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed, it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.

Nicholas Sparks in The Notebook

Writing Poems

Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do.

Bill Maher

Religion

Money can't buy life.

Bob Marley - last words - May 11th 1981

Last Words

Amanda: "I'll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies."
Wednesday: "Are they made from real Girl Scouts?"

Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family

Miss Addams, you sadly had a very interesting educational journey. Eight schools in five years.

Larissa Weems in Wednesday - Season 1 Episode 1

Finally, you will be among pears who understand you. Maybe you'll even make some friends.

Morticia Addams in Wednesday - Season 1

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

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