Now this is the point. You fancy me a mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded...
("The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings")
More Quotes from Edgar Allan Poe:
Of what in other worlds shall be - and givenIn beauty by our God, to those alone
Who otherwise would fall from life and Heaven
Drawn by their heart's passion, and that tone,
That high tone of the spirit which hath striven
Though not with Faith - with godliness - whose throne
With desperate energy 't hath beaten down;
Wearing its own deep feeling as a crown.
Edgar Allan Poe
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!
Edgar Allan Poe
The sweet Lenore hath "gone before," with Hope, that flew beside,
Leaving thee wild for the dear child that should have been thy
bride.
Edgar Allan Poe
Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance.
Edgar Allan Poe
I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.
Edgar Allan Poe
Oh, lady dear, hast thou no fear?
Edgar Allan Poe
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