And all I loved, I loved alone. - Edgar Allan Poe

"With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion."

"The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world."

"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."

"A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it."

"Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them."