Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe US short story author, editor, & poet (1809 - 1849)


Edgar Allan Poe -
- Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them.

Edgar Allan Poe - Berenice
- Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.

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

Edgar Allan Poe -
- Sleep, those little slices of death, how I loathe them.

Edgar Allan Poe - The Premature Burial
- There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.

Edgar Allan Poe -
- Children are never too tender to be whipped. Like tough beefsteaks, the more you beat them, the more tender they become.

Edgar Allan Poe - From a letter to Frederick W. Thomas (February 14, 1849).
- 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.

Edgar Allan Poe -
- Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.

Edgar Allan Poe - "Eleonora"
- Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

Edgar Allan Poe -
- I have great faith in fools; self-confidence, my friends call it.

Edgar Allan Poe - Tamerlane, Part II
- Scorching my seared heart with a pain, not hell shall make me fear again.