Odors have an altogether peculiar force, in affecting us through association; a force differing essentially from that of objects addressing the touch, the taste, the sight or the hearing.
Edgar Allan Poe
Senses, Perception, Memory, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Resonance, Sensory Experience
Edgar Allan Poe’s Quotes On Topics
Strangeness | Suicide | Existential Fear | Environmental Degradation | Science | Epistemology | Reflective Insight | Reality | Sound | Regret | Philosophical Challenge | Emotional Vulnerability | Pride | Industrialization | Crime | Discourse | Critique Of Progress | Games | Emotional Truth | Character Development | More
More Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
“I heed not that my earthly lot Hath – little of Earth in it – That years of love have been forgot In the hatred of a minute: – I mourn not that the desolate Are happier, sweet, than I, But that you sorrow for my fate Who am a passer by.” Edgar Allan Poe
Existence, Love, Loss, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Struggle, Poetic Lament
Edgar Allan Poe Existence, Love, Loss, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Struggle, Poetic Lament“For many hours the immediate vicinity of the low framework upon which I lay had been literally swarming with rats. They were wild, bold, ravenous – their red eyes glaring upon me as if they waited but for motionless on my part to make me their prey. “To what food,” I thought, “have they been accustomed in the well?” Edgar Allan Poe
Fear, Survival, Nature, Philosophical Imagery, Emotional Tension, Existential Dread
Edgar Allan Poe Fear, Survival, Nature, Philosophical Imagery, Emotional Tension, Existential Dread“Reaching out to her is like drinking from a memory.” Edgar Allan Poe
Memory, Emotion, Longing, Philosophical Insight, Poetic Imagery, Existential Connection
Edgar Allan Poe Memory, Emotion, Longing, Philosophical Insight, Poetic Imagery, Existential Connection“By undue profundity we perplex and enfeeble thought; and it is possible to make even Venus herself vanish from the firmament by a scrutiny too sustained, too concentrated, or too direct.” Edgar Allan Poe
Thought, Scrutiny, Complexity, Philosophical Warning, Emotional Intelligence, Artistic Insight
Edgar Allan Poe Thought, Scrutiny, Complexity, Philosophical Warning, Emotional Intelligence, Artistic Insight“No pictorial or sculptural combinations of points of human loveliness do more than approach the living and breathing human beauty as it gladdens our daily path.” Edgar Allan Poe
Art, Beauty, Human Experience, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Resonance, Aesthetic Appreciation
Edgar Allan Poe Art, Beauty, Human Experience, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Resonance, Aesthetic Appreciation“Science has its place in man’s search for understanding, but science and the imagination have tended to bifurcate in the modern world; only the true poetic intellect can end this long-established dualism.” Edgar Allan Poe
Science, Imagination, Dualism, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Expression, Intellectual Inquiry
Edgar Allan Poe Science, Imagination, Dualism, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Expression, Intellectual Inquiry“Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.” Edgar Allan Poe
Experience, Truth, Philosophy, Philosophical Insight, Knowledge, Wisdom
Edgar Allan Poe Experience, Truth, Philosophy, Philosophical Insight, Knowledge, Wisdom“The generous Critic fann’d the Poet’s fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.” Edgar Allan Poe
Critique, Art, Appreciation, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Connection, Artistic Encouragement
Edgar Allan Poe Critique, Art, Appreciation, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Connection, Artistic Encouragement“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.” Edgar Allan Poe
Art, Poetry, Beauty, Philosophical Insight, Creative Expression, Emotional Resonance
Edgar Allan Poe Art, Poetry, Beauty, Philosophical Insight, Creative Expression, Emotional Resonance“The mental features discoursed of as the analytical are, in themselves, but little susceptible of analysis.” Edgar Allan Poe
Intellect, Analysis, Limitations, Philosophical Insight, Cognitive Complexity, Self-reflection
Edgar Allan Poe Intellect, Analysis, Limitations, Philosophical Insight, Cognitive Complexity, Self-reflection“Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.” Edgar Allan Poe
Self-assurance, Confidence, Individuality, Philosophical Insight, Introspection, Emotional Autonomy
Edgar Allan Poe Self-assurance, Confidence, Individuality, Philosophical Insight, Introspection, Emotional Autonomy“To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.” Edgar Allan Poe
Jealousy, Social Dynamics, Critique, Philosophical Observation, Moral Insight, Power Struggle
Edgar Allan Poe Jealousy, Social Dynamics, Critique, Philosophical Observation, Moral Insight, Power Struggle“His heart is a suspended lute; As soon as you touch it, it resonates.” Edgar Allan Poe
Emotion, Sensitivity, Metaphor, Philosophical Insight, Human Connection, Poetic Imagery
Edgar Allan Poe Emotion, Sensitivity, Metaphor, Philosophical Insight, Human Connection, Poetic Imagery“To observe attentively is to remember distinctly.” Edgar Allan Poe
Observation, Memory, Mindfulness, Philosophical Insight, Cognitive Awareness, Emotional Engagement
Edgar Allan Poe Observation, Memory, Mindfulness, Philosophical Insight, Cognitive Awareness, Emotional Engagement“Here the vast bed of waters, seamed and scarred into a thousand conflicting channels, burst suddenly into frenzied convulsion—heaving, boiling, hissing—gyrating in gigantic and innumerable vortices, and all whirling and plunging on to the eastward with a rapidity which water never elsewhere assumes except in precipitous descents.” Edgar Allan Poe
Nature, Chaos, Intensity, Philosophical Imagery, Emotional Response, Existential Reflection
Edgar Allan Poe Nature, Chaos, Intensity, Philosophical Imagery, Emotional Response, Existential Reflection“Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.” Edgar Allan Poe
Madness, Intelligence, Philosophical Exploration, Emotional Complexity, Psychological Insight
Edgar Allan Poe Madness, Intelligence, Philosophical Exploration, Emotional Complexity, Psychological Insight“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
Themes, Fiction, Horror, Philosophical Critique, Artistic Limits, Emotional Response
Edgar Allan Poe Themes, Fiction, Horror, Philosophical Critique, Artistic Limits, Emotional Response“Boston: Their hotels are bad. Their pumpkin pies are delicious. Their poetry is not so good.” Edgar Allan Poe
Cultural Critique, Humor, Observation, Philosophical Reflection, Artistic Commentary, Societal Insight
Edgar Allan Poe Cultural Critique, Humor, Observation, Philosophical Reflection, Artistic Commentary, Societal Insight