And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted -- Nevermore! Edgar Allan Poe More Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe More Quotes From Edgar Allan Poe When, indeed, men speak of Beauty, they mean, precisely, not a quality, as is supposed, but an effect - they refer, in short, just to that intense and pure elevation of soul - not of intellect, or of heart. Edgar Allan Poe heartmenmean A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth. Edgar Allan Poe pleasureopinionscience There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell. Edgar Allan Poe sadeyehumanity It is a happiness to wonder; -- it is a happiness to dream. Edgar Allan Poe dreamwonder You need not attempt to shake off or to banter off Romance. It is an evil you will never get rid of to the end of your days. It is a part of yourself ... of your soul. Age will only mellow it a little, and give it a holier tone. Edgar Allan Poe romanceevilgiving Even in the grave, all is not lost. Edgar Allan Poe pendulumsslumberlost The plots of God are perfect. The Universe is a plot of God. Edgar Allan Poe plotuniverseperfect Melancholy is ... the most legitimate of all the poetical tones. Edgar Allan Poe melancholytonepoetry In the Heaven's above, the angels, whispering to one another, can find, among their burning terms of love, none so devotional as that of 'Mother. Edgar Allan Poe mothers-dayangelheaven The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be. Edgar Allan Poe thoughtfulcommunicationsilence Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence. Edgar Allan Poe madintelligentmen Art is to look at not to criticize. Edgar Allan Poe criticizelooksart [E]very plot, worth the name, must be elaborated to its dénouement before anything be attempted with the pen. It is only with the dénouement constantly in view that we can plot its indispensable air of consequence, or causation, by making the incidents, and especially the tone at all points tend to the development of the intention. Edgar Allan Poe viewsairnames Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore. Edgar Allan Poe mysterymomentsheart You call it hope-that fire of fire! It is but agony of desire. Edgar Allan Poe agonyfiredesire No man who ever lived knows any more about the hereafter than you and I. Edgar Allan Poe hereafterknowsmen I dread the events of the future, not in themselves but in their results. Edgar Allan Poe dreadresultsevents That single thought is enough. The impulse increases to a wish, the wish to a desire, the desire to an uncontrollable longing, and the longing (to the deep regret and mortification of the speaker, and in defiance of all consequences,) is indulged. Edgar Allan Poe regretwishdesire I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity. Edgar Allan Poe atrocitiesweaknesscauses It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. Edgar Allan Poe thoughtfulsuperficialreality
