Top 43 Quotes by Edgar Allan Poe

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.

It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

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 death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.