I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. - Edgar Allan Poe

"The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception."

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

"The best things in life make you sweaty."

"I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched."

"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."