To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary. - Edgar Allan Poe

"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?"

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

"Every poem should remind the reader that they are going to die."

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

"Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'"