There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! The fiery walls rushed back! An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss. It was that of General Lasalle. The French army had entered Toledo. The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies.
Edgar Allan Poe
Conflict, Chaos, Tension, Philosophical Insight, Historical Reference, Emotional Intensity
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“He impaired his vision by holding the object too close. He might see, perhaps, one or two points with unusual clearness, but in so doing he, necessarily, lost sight of the matter as a whole. Thus there is such a thing as being too profound. Truth is not always in a well. In fact, as regards the more important knowledge, I do believe that she is invariably superficial. The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.” Edgar Allan Poe
Vision, Clarity, Understanding, Philosophical Insight, Existential Reflection, Cognitive Balance
Edgar Allan Poe Vision, Clarity, Understanding, Philosophical Insight, Existential Reflection, Cognitive Balance“A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this – that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made – not to understand – but to feel – as crime.” Edgar Allan Poe
Religion, Morality, Empathy, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Truth, Ethical Observation
Edgar Allan Poe Religion, Morality, Empathy, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Truth, Ethical Observation“I do not suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.” Edgar Allan Poe
Madness, Self-acceptance, Philosophical Irony, Emotional Truth, Psychological Insight
Edgar Allan Poe Madness, Self-acceptance, Philosophical Irony, Emotional Truth, Psychological Insight“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“Yet what business had I with hope?” Edgar Allan Poe
Hope, Despair, Philosophical Inquiry, Emotional Struggle, Existential Reflection
Edgar Allan Poe Hope, Despair, Philosophical Inquiry, Emotional Struggle, Existential Reflection“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“When, indeed, men speak of Beauty, they mean, precisely, not a quality, as is supposed, but an effect – they refer, in short, just to that intense and pure elevation of soul – not of intellect, or of heart.” Edgar Allan Poe
Beauty, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Resonance, Artistic Experience
Edgar Allan Poe Beauty, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Resonance, Artistic Experience“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
Madness, Intelligence, Creativity, Philosophical Debate, Emotional Complexity, Human Psychology
Edgar Allan Poe Madness, Intelligence, Creativity, Philosophical Debate, Emotional Complexity, Human Psychology“I could not love except where Death was mingling his with Beauty’s breath.” Edgar Allan Poe
Love, Death, Beauty, Existential Reflection, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Complexity
Edgar Allan Poe Love, Death, Beauty, Existential Reflection, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Complexity“Actually, I do have doubts, all the time. Any thinking person does. There are so many sides to every question.” Edgar Allan Poe
Doubt, Thought, Complexity, Philosophical Insight, Existential Reflection, Intellectual Humility
Edgar Allan Poe Doubt, Thought, Complexity, Philosophical Insight, Existential Reflection, Intellectual Humility“While the male is absent at sea in search of food, the female remains on duty, and it is only upon the return of her partner that she ventures abroad.” Edgar Allan Poe
Nature, Gender Roles, Relationship Dynamics, Philosophical Observation, Social Commentary, Biological Instincts
Edgar Allan Poe Nature, Gender Roles, Relationship Dynamics, Philosophical Observation, Social Commentary, Biological Instincts“These were the days when my heart was volcanic.” Edgar Allan Poe
Emotion, Intensity, Reflection, Philosophical Insight, Personal History, Poetic Imagery
Edgar Allan Poe Emotion, Intensity, Reflection, Philosophical Insight, Personal History, Poetic Imagery“In the strange anomaly of my existence, feelings with me had never been of the heart, and my passions always were of the mind.” Edgar Allan Poe
Existence, Emotion, Intellect, Philosophical Insight, Psychological Complexity, Poetic Expression
Edgar Allan Poe Existence, Emotion, Intellect, Philosophical Insight, Psychological Complexity, Poetic Expression“Who does not remember that, at such a time as this, the eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of its sorrow, and sees in innumerable far-off places, the woe which is close at hand?” Edgar Allan Poe
Perception, Sorrow, Memory, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Reflection, Poetic Imagery
Edgar Allan Poe Perception, Sorrow, Memory, Philosophical Insight, Emotional Reflection, Poetic Imagery“The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability.” Edgar Allan Poe
Humor, Language, Creativity, Philosophical Observation, Artistic Reflection, Social Commentary
Edgar Allan Poe Humor, Language, Creativity, Philosophical Observation, Artistic Reflection, Social Commentary“Intensos rigidam in frontem ascendere canos Passus erat.” Edgar Allan Poe
Transformation, Struggle, Philosophical Exploration, Existential Insight, Poetic Imagery
Edgar Allan Poe Transformation, Struggle, Philosophical Exploration, Existential Insight, Poetic Imagery“Darkness there, and nothing more.” Edgar Allan Poe
Darkness, Absence, Philosophical Insight, Existential Statement, Emotional Weight
Edgar Allan Poe Darkness, Absence, Philosophical Insight, Existential Statement, Emotional Weight“Horrors of a nature most stern and most appalling would too frequently obtrude themselves upon my mind, and shake the innermost depths of my soul with the bare supposition of their possibility.” Edgar Allan Poe
Horror, Fear, Psychological Insight, Philosophical Reflection, Emotional Turmoil, Existential Dread
Edgar Allan Poe Horror, Fear, Psychological Insight, Philosophical Reflection, Emotional Turmoil, Existential Dread