I was cautious in what I said before the young lady; for I could not be sure that she was sane; and, in fact, there was a certain restless brilliancy about her eyes that half led me to imagine she was...
From childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were; I have not seenAs others saw; I could not bringMy passions from a common spring.From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow; I could not awakenM...
Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries
A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.
That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.
How is it that from beauty I have derived a type of unloveliness?—from the covenant of peace a simile of sorrow? But as, in ethics, evil is a consequence of good, so, in fact, out of joy is sorrow bor...
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreamsOf the beautiful Annabel Lee;And the stars never rise but i feel the bright eyesOf the beautiful Annabel Lee.
And if I died, at least I diedFor thee! for thee
And I fell violently on my face.
I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years...
Yes, I said, for the love of God!
We gave him a hearty welcome, for there was nearly half as much of the entertaining as of the contemptible about the man..
To-day I wear these chains, and am HERE. To-morrow I shall be fetterless!--BUT WHERE?
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...
Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.
In a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,Is it therefore the less gone?
And so being youngand dipped in folly,
In criticism, I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.