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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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"Tales of Mystery and Imagination" Quotes

A collection of chilling and macabre tales that explore the depths of human darkness, penned by the master of suspense himself, Edgar Allan Poe.

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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

dreamsillusion

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.

Edgar Allan Poe

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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?

Edgar Allan Poe

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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence.

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

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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

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

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There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.

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