Were I to be asked what it is that gives me the most intense delight, I should say a conversation with a beautiful woman.
Horror, detective fiction
Often attributed, but exact source is debated. Similar sentiments expressed in letters.
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"Why ought the author of the 'Grotesque and Arabesque' to be a good writer of verses? Because he's a poet to a t. Add t to Poe makes it Poet."
Humorous"I have been guilty of many follies, but I have never been guilty of a great crime."
Humorous"I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human integrity has been ruined by the fall, and that I am a member of the ruined species."
Strange & Unusual"The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world."
Strange & Unusual"I have been in love with a great many women. I have never been in love with a man."
Humorous