Edgar Allan Poe — "I have a horror of life, but I cling to it."

"Never to suffer would never to have been blessed."

"To elevate the soul poetry is necessary."

"Grin: — Your true diddler winds up all with a grin. But this nobody sees but himself. He grins when his daily work is done — when his allotted labors are accomplished — at night in his own closet, and…"

"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."

"The ninety and nine are with the nine. The ninety and nine have a soul to save. The ninety and nine have a God to serve. The ninety and nine have a heaven to gain. The ninety and nine have a hell to s…"