1. I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
– Letter to George W. Eveleth (1848).
2. All that we see or seem. Is but a dream within a dream.
– “A Dream Within a Dream” (1849).3. It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood.
– Silence: A Fable (1837).
4. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
– The Raven (1844)
5. TRUE! nervous very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
– The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)
6. Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious
volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping,
suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping,
rapping at my chamber door.
– The Raven (1844)
7. They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
– “Eleonora” (1841).8. The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
– “The Premature Burial” (1844).9. Years of love have been forgot
In the hatred of a minute.
– To M(1829) 10. Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
– The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838)
10 Spooky Quotes From Edgar Allan Poe. #8 is Haunting.
