The mountainous surges suggest the idea of innumerable dumb gigantic fiends struggling in impotent agony.
Edgar Allan Poe
Struggle, Nature, Chaos, Philosophical Imagery, Emotional Depth, Existential Dread
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Certainty | Philosophical Debate | Cognitive Dissonance | Absence | Limitation | Dreariness | Emotional State | Social Status | Misunderstanding | Spiritual Exploration | Existence | Closure | Mortality | Sleep | Existential Consideration | Environmental Degradation | Struggle | Growth | Intellectual Value | Societal Insight | More
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“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” Edgar Allan Poe
Reality, Perception, Illusion, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Inquiry, Poetic Metaphor
Edgar Allan Poe Reality, Perception, Illusion, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Inquiry, Poetic Metaphor“Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” Edgar Allan Poe
Suffering, Blessing, Experience, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Depth, Existential Truth
Edgar Allan Poe Suffering, Blessing, Experience, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Depth, Existential Truth“A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.” Edgar Allan Poe
Truth, Deception, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Social Commentary, Irony
Edgar Allan Poe Truth, Deception, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Social Commentary, Irony“The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.” Edgar Allan Poe
Belief, Skepticism, Happiness, Philosophical Insight, Existential Reflection, Emotional Truth
Edgar Allan Poe Belief, Skepticism, Happiness, Philosophical Insight, Existential Reflection, Emotional Truth“There is no beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.” Edgar Allan Poe
Beauty, Aesthetics, Creativity, Philosophical Observation, Artistic Principle, Emotional Truth
Edgar Allan Poe Beauty, Aesthetics, Creativity, Philosophical Observation, Artistic Principle, Emotional Truth“It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances.” Edgar Allan Poe
Creativity, Limitation, Artistic Expression, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Depth, Performance Art
Edgar Allan Poe Creativity, Limitation, Artistic Expression, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Depth, Performance Art“Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.” Edgar Allan Poe
Mystery, Thought, Mental Strain, Philosophical Observation, Emotional Depth, Human Experience
Edgar Allan Poe Mystery, Thought, Mental Strain, Philosophical Observation, Emotional Depth, Human Experience“I believe, indeed, that what I could not refrain from saying to him on this head had the effect of inducing him to push on. While, therefore, I cannot but lament the most unfortunate and bloody events which immediately arose from my advice, I must still be allowed to feel some degree of gratification at having been instrumental, however remotely, in opening to the eye of science one of the most intensely exciting secrets which has ever engrossed its attention.” Edgar Allan Poe
Knowledge, Responsibility, Consequence, Philosophical Insight, Scientific Inquiry, Ethical Reflection
Edgar Allan Poe Knowledge, Responsibility, Consequence, Philosophical Insight, Scientific Inquiry, Ethical Reflection“There are surely other worlds than this – other thoughts than the thoughts of the multitude – other speculations than the speculations of the sophist. Who then shall call thy conduct into question? who blame thee for thy visionary hours, or denounce those occupations as a wasting away of life, which were but the overflowings of thine everlasting energies?” Edgar Allan Poe
Existence, Individuality, Philosophy, Social Commentary, Imaginative Insight, Emotional Critique
Edgar Allan Poe Existence, Individuality, Philosophy, Social Commentary, Imaginative Insight, Emotional Critique“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
Reason, Despair, Humanity, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Truth, Existential Observation
Edgar Allan Poe Reason, Despair, Humanity, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Truth, Existential Observation“On this home by Horror haunted – tell me truly, I implore – Is there – is there balm in Gilead.” Edgar Allan Poe
Despair, Healing, Spirituality, Philosophical Inquiry, Emotional Depth, Poetic Lament
Edgar Allan Poe Despair, Healing, Spirituality, Philosophical Inquiry, Emotional Depth, Poetic Lament“I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.” Edgar Allan Poe
Causality, Morality, Philosophy, Insight, Emotional Strength, Narrative Complexity
Edgar Allan Poe Causality, Morality, Philosophy, Insight, Emotional Strength, Narrative Complexity“As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles.” Edgar Allan Poe
Strength, Analysis, Philosophy, Emotional Intelligence, Human Behavior, Reflective Insight
Edgar Allan Poe Strength, Analysis, Philosophy, Emotional Intelligence, Human Behavior, Reflective Insight“The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma; it often occurs that an axiom appears a paradox, or that a sarcasm is converted into a sermonoid.” Edgar Allan Poe
Writing, Clarity, Communication, Philosophical Observation, Literary Insight, Artistic Integrity
Edgar Allan Poe Writing, Clarity, Communication, Philosophical Observation, Literary Insight, Artistic Integrity“The death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.” Edgar Allan Poe
Death, Beauty, Art, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Depth, Poetic Themes
Edgar Allan Poe Death, Beauty, Art, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Depth, Poetic Themes“A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth.” Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry, Art, Science, Philosophical Insight, Creative Expression, Emotional Experience
Edgar Allan Poe Poetry, Art, Science, Philosophical Insight, Creative Expression, Emotional Experience“Blood was its Avatar and its seal.” Edgar Allan Poe
Violence, Identity, Symbolism, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Resonance, Thematic Depth
Edgar Allan Poe Violence, Identity, Symbolism, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Resonance, Thematic Depth“The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.” Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry, Structure, Rhythm, Philosophical Insight, Literary Analysis, Artistic Technique
Edgar Allan Poe Poetry, Structure, Rhythm, Philosophical Insight, Literary Analysis, Artistic Technique