Edgar Allan Poe — "I have a very strong opinion that the world is a gigantic tomb, and I am one of …"
I have a very strong opinion that the world is a gigantic tomb, and I am one of the corpses.
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This is a misattribution. While the sentiment aligns with Poe's dark aesthetic, there's no direct quote of this phrasing.
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