Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

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

All that we see or seem,
Is but a dream within a dream.

If it is meant for you, you won't have to beg for it. You will never have to sacrifice your dignity for your destiny.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

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.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

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

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

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.

Lord help my poor soul.