Edgar Allan Poe:

True! - nervous - very, very nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute.

— Edgar Allan Poe Modern

Horror, detective fiction

Context

From 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Date / Period

1843

Source

https://bookroo.com/quotes/edgar-allan-poe

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

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