Edgar Allan Poe's most famous quotes
The top 3 according to 602 votes from people: All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. · Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." · It is the beating of his hideous heart!. (Updated Aug 2, 2019.)
"Nevermore", "a dream within a dream", the beating of the tell-tale heart and Fortunato's cry: the Edgar Allan Poe lines everyone knows, with the poem or tale they come from.
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Top 10
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1
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
A Dream Within a Dream (1849).
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Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
The Raven (1845).
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It is the beating of his hideous heart!
The Tell-Tale Heart (1843).
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
Letter to George W. Eveleth, 4 January 1848.
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Eleonora (1842).
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6
For the love of God, Montresor!
The Cask of Amontillado (1846).
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It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea...
Annabel Lee (1849).
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague.
The Premature Burial (1844).
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9
There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.
Ligeia (1838), quoting Francis Bacon.
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10
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing.
The Raven (1845).
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Comments (4)
El corazón delator me lo leyó mi profe de lengua en 2º de la ESO y no dormí en dos días xd
El cuervo leído en voz alta a oscuras es otra cosa. «Nunca más» se te queda grabado.
Lo de «me volví loco con largos intervalos de horrible cordura» es de las frases más brutales que he leído.
Falta algo de La caída de la casa Usher, pero bueno, muy buena selección