Whether people grow fat by joking, or whether there is something in fat itself which predisposes to a joke, I have never been quite able to determine. Edgar Allan Poe More Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe More Quotes From Edgar Allan Poe The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls. Edgar Allan Poe soulmonsters Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear. Edgar Allan Poe halloweentruthbelieve There is no beauty without some strangeness Edgar Allan Poe strangeness I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom. Edgar Allan Poe painmemoriesfunny The believer is happy. The doubter is wise. Edgar Allan Poe catchydoubterswise I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allan Poe cleverinspirationallife And all I loved, I loved alone. Edgar Allan Poe Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute. Edgar Allan Poe marriagelovelife Those who gossip with you will gossip about you. Edgar Allan Poe catchygossip A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. Edgar Allan Poe bootslyingworld All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. Edgar Allan Poe dreaminspirationallife All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire. Edgar Allan Poe attachmentsufferingdesire I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind. Edgar Allan Poe losing-my-mindlosingmind Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect. Edgar Allan Poe springdepressionscience They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe inspirationallovelife Always keep a big bottle of booze at your side. If a bird starts talking nonsense to you in the middle of the night pour yourself a stiff drink. Edgar Allan Poe your-sidetalkingnight If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me. Edgar Allan Poe catchyshamemen And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy. Edgar Allan Poe inspirationallovelife False hope is nicer than no hope at all. Edgar Allan Poe catchyfalse-hopeno-hope There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told. Edgar Allan Poe permitsecret
