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Invisible things are the only realities.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809.
He was orphaned at a young age and raised by John Allan, a wealthy merchant.
Poe attended the University of Virginia but left after two years due to financial difficulties.
He then joined the U.S. Army under an assumed name.
Poe was discharged from the army after two years and began a career as a writer.
He published his first book of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827.
Poe is best known for his short stories, which are often dark and macabre.
Some of his most famous stories include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Raven," and "The Fall of the House of Usher."
Poe died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, at the age of 40.
Here are some additional facts about Poe:
* He is considered one of the founders of the detective fiction genre.
* His work has influenced many other writers, including H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King.
* He is a major figure in American literature and culture.
* His life and work have been the subject of much speculation and mystery.
He was orphaned at a young age and raised by John Allan, a wealthy merchant.
Poe attended the University of Virginia but left after two years due to financial difficulties.
He then joined the U.S. Army under an assumed name.
Poe was discharged from the army after two years and began a career as a writer.
He published his first book of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827.
Poe is best known for his short stories, which are often dark and macabre.
Some of his most famous stories include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Raven," and "The Fall of the House of Usher."
Poe died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, at the age of 40.
Here are some additional facts about Poe:
* He is considered one of the founders of the detective fiction genre.
* His work has influenced many other writers, including H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King.
* He is a major figure in American literature and culture.
* His life and work have been the subject of much speculation and mystery.
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I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.
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I have no faith in human perfectibility. 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 ago.
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Mysteries force a man to think, and so injure his health.
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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.
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A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
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The best things in life make you sweaty.
Life
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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?
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Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.
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We loved with a love that was more than love.
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It is a happiness to wonder; -- it is a happiness to dream.
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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.
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