30 Most Popular of Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

Edgar Allan Poe was an American famous writer, literary critic and editor who was born on January 19th, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts, United State. His works were mostly about life at the time. He had multiple genre works; horror fiction story, adventure, science fiction story, detective fiction story and romanticism dark story.

He was best known as the author of sorrow, crime, madness, and regret, which meant his works didn’t have any happy ending stories shown. Well said, he was best known as the author of dark story or dark mind. To escape his feelings, he dropped out of his mind into the works. The famous works were The Raven (1845), Annabele Lee (1849), A Dream Within A Dream (1849), The Bells (1849), To Helen (1831), The Haunted Palace (1839), Eldorado (1849), The City in The Sea (1845) and many others. there were many works that were not published yet in his lifetime.

The famous works were The Raven (1845), Annabele Lee (1849), A Dream Within A Dream (1849), The Bells (1849), To Helen (1831), The Haunted Palace (1839), Eldorado (1849), The City in The Sea (1845) and many others. there were many works that were not published yet in his lifetime.

Figuring out the works of Edgar Allan Poe life, let’s throw back to his dark history, life was hard. He was the second child of actress and actor Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and David Poe Jr. His mother passed away when he was about 3 years old while his father left him behind. So, Poe, as originally the name was Edgar Poe, was raised by a family friend, John Allan Lantas. This made the middle name of ‘Allan’ added in the name of Edgar Allan Poe.

He went to college in the University of Virginia, 1826, but Poe didn’t take this college seriously. He chose to drink, gambling and be a lost person. Then he dropped out of college because of a problem he had. He had many debt and gambling loans. This case started the conflict within Poe and his godfather, Allan. Poe’s life became so mysterious.

In 1833, Poe was well identified by his first work short-story entitled ‘MS Found in a Bottle’, his work was nominated as the winner in the competition. By this achievement, he was an active contributor to the three-magazine publisher. Time flies, Poe married to Virginia Clemm in 1836 but his wife passed away six years after their marriage. Years by years, Poe was depressed and drinking too much. He was mentally down easily, then he tried to suicide sadly. He was getting back into dark life and passed away on October 7, 1849.

The nice part of Poe, he dropped all of his feelings into the works. Let’s find the best 30 of Edgar Allan Poe quotes as follows :

1. “And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.” – Edgar Allan Poe

1. “And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.” – Edgar Allan Poe

 2. “Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” – Edgar Allan Poe

 2. “Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” – Edgar Allan Poe

3. “I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.” – Edgar Allan Poe

3. “I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.” – Edgar Allan Poe

4. “If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.” – Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

4. “If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.” – Edgar Allan Poe

 5. “The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.” – Edgar Allan Poe

 5. “The true genius shudders at incompleteness — imperfection — and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said.” – Edgar Allan Poe

6. “I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.” – Edgar Allan Poe

6. “I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.” – Edgar Allan Poe

 7. “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe

 7. “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe

8. “It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe

8. “It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe

9. “Even in the grave, all is not lost.” – Edgar Allan Poe

9. “Even in the grave, all is not lost.” – Edgar Allan Poe

10. “Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.” – Edgar Allan Poe

10. “Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.” – Edgar Allan Poe

11. “With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.” – Edgar Allan Poe

11. “With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.” – Edgar Allan Poe

12. “I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.” – Edgar Allan Poe

12. “I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.” – Edgar Allan Poe

13. “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?” – Edgar Allan Poe

13. “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?” – Edgar Allan Poe

 14. “Art is to look at not to criticize.” – Edgar Allan Poe

 14. “Art is to look at not to criticize.” – Edgar Allan Poe

15. “Stupidity is a talent for misconception.” ― Edgar Allan Poe

15. “Stupidity is a talent for misconception.” ― Edgar Allan Poe

16. “And all I loved, I loved alone.” – Edgar Allan Poe

16. “And all I loved, I loved alone.” – Edgar Allan Poe

17. “Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.” – Edgar Allan Poe  

17. “Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.” – Edgar Allan Poe  

18. “I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.”  ― Edgar Allan Poe

18. “I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.”  ― Edgar Allan Poe

19. “Invisible things are the only realities.” ― Edgar Allan Poe

19. “Invisible things are the only realities.” ― Edgar Allan Poe

20. “A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.” ― Edgar Allan Poe

20. “A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.” ― Edgar Allan Poe

21. “Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.”― Edgar Allan Poe 

21. “Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge.”― Edgar Allan Poe 

22. “Actually, I do have doubts, all the time. Any thinking person does. There are so many sides to every question.”― Edgar Allan Poe

22. “Actually, I do have doubts, all the time. Any thinking person does. There are so many sides to every question.”― Edgar Allan Poe

23. “Because it was my crime to have no one on Earth who cared for me, or loved me.”― Edgar Allan Poe

23. “Because it was my crime to have no one on Earth who cared for me, or loved me.”― Edgar Allan Poe. 

24. “I smiled,—for what had I to fear?”― Edgar Allan Poe 

24. “I smiled,—for what had I to fear?”― Edgar Allan Poe 

25. “The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.” – Edgar Allan Poe

25. “The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.” – Edgar Allan Poe

26. “A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.”― Edgar Allan Poe 

26. “A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on.”― Edgar Allan Poe 

27. “Whether people grow fat by joking, or whether there is something in fat itself which predisposes to a joke, I have never been quite able to determine…”― Edgar Allan Poe

27. “Whether people grow fat by joking, or whether there is something in fat itself which predisposes to a joke, I have never been quite able to determine…”― Edgar Allan Poe

28. “From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were – I have not seen As others saw – I could not bring My passions from a common spring.”― Edgar Allan Poe

28. “From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were – I have not seen As others saw – I could not bring My passions from a common spring.”― Edgar Allan Poe

29. “A judge at common law may be an ordinary man; a good judge of a carpet must be a genius.” – Edgar Allan Poe

30. “To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!” – Edgar Allan Poe 

30. “To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!” – Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

30. “To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!” – Edgar Allan Poe 

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