Edgar Allan Poe 211th Birth Anniversary: 6 Insightful Quotes by Master of Mystery And Macabre Writing

Edgar Allan Poe, the American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories, would have turned 211 today, on January 19, 2020. Allan Poe is particularly known for his tales of mystery and the macabre. The writer was born on January 20, 1809, at Boston. His work "The Raven" continues to be a must-read for the fans of the genre.

It was in 1827 that his publishing career began with the anonymous collection Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian". Edgar Allan Poe's quotes have the same intensity as his work and contain insights into his mind.

Read Edgar Allan Poe Quotes Below

1. "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

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

3. "Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them."

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

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

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

Poe died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849, at age 40. The cause of his death is unknown and has been variously attributed to alcohol, "brain congestion", cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, and other causes. However, his legacy lives long even after his death, thanks to the power of his work.

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