The quotations of

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer and literary critic

1809–1849

42 quotes, most often on Love, Life & Death and Emotion.

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
“The Premature Burial” (1844).
- Life & Death
Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.
“Letter to Frederick W. Thomas” (February 14, 1849).
- Work
- Writing
True!⁠—nervous⁠—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)In context
- Emotion
“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!⁠—tear up the planks!⁠—here, here!⁠—it is the beating of his hideous heart!”
The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)In context
- Emotion
- Truth & Lies
The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.
The Cask of Amontillado (1846)In context
- Anger
- Enemies
During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
The Fall of the House of Usher (1839)In context
- Nature
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
The Raven (1845)In context
- Reading
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
The Raven (1845)In context
- Time
Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.”
The Raven (1845)In context
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved
Annabel Lee (1849)In context
- Love
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea:
But we loved with a love that was more than love⁠—
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
Annabel Lee (1849)In context
- Love
- Youth
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells
The Bells (1849)In context
- Music
I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone —
And all I lov’d — I lov’d alone
Alone (1829)In context
- Emotion
- Love
“Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,”
The shade replied,⁠—
“If you seek for Eldorado!”
Eldorado (1849)In context
- Motivation & Goals
That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”
And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
The Conqueror Worm (1843)In context
- Life & Death

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