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We loved with a love that was more than love. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1849I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love,
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1849Appearance vs. reality1 quote
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1849Autumn1 quote
The skies they were ashen and sober;
The leaves they were crisped and sere,
The leaves they were withering and sere;
It was night in the lonesome October
Of my most immemorial year. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1847Being in love1 quote
We loved with a love that was more than love. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1849Cities1 quote
He could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight. Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, in those narrow streets! There it was, the Rome, the Paris, the London of the twentieth century, the city of ambition, the dense magnetic rock, the irresistible destination of all those who insist on being where things are happening-and he was among the victors! — Tom Wolfe · 1987Conservatives1 quote
A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested. — Tom Wolfe · 1984Criminal justice system1 quote
A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested. — Tom Wolfe · 1984Cults1 quote
A cult is a religion with no political power. — Tom Wolfe · 1980Dreams1 quote
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1849Elites1 quote
Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions. — Tom Wolfe · 1970Fatherhood1 quote
Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... That the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. — Tom Wolfe · 1987Fathers and sons1 quote
Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... That the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life. — Tom Wolfe · 1987Feeling different1 quote
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1849Guests and visitors1 quote
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1845History of ideas1 quote
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated. — Ellen Glasgow · 1936Ideas1 quote
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated. — Ellen Glasgow · 1936Liberals1 quote
A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested. — Tom Wolfe · 1984Liberals and conservatives1 quote
A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested. — Tom Wolfe · 1984Life and death1 quote
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? — Edgar Allan Poe · 1844New York City1 quote
He could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight. Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, in those narrow streets! There it was, the Rome, the Paris, the London of the twentieth century, the city of ambition, the dense magnetic rock, the irresistible destination of all those who insist on being where things are happening-and he was among the victors! — Tom Wolfe · 1987October1 quote
The skies they were ashen and sober;
The leaves they were crisped and sere,
The leaves they were withering and sere;
It was night in the lonesome October
Of my most immemorial year. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1847Patriarchy1 quote
Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, and infidelity far more threatening than adultery. — Molly Haskell · 1999Radicalism1 quote
Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions. — Tom Wolfe · 1970Religion1 quote
A cult is a religion with no political power. — Tom Wolfe · 1980Seasons1 quote
The skies they were ashen and sober;
The leaves they were crisped and sere,
The leaves they were withering and sere;
It was night in the lonesome October
Of my most immemorial year. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1847Single life1 quote
Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, and infidelity far more threatening than adultery. — Molly Haskell · 1999Single women1 quote
Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, and infidelity far more threatening than adultery. — Molly Haskell · 1999The best is over1 quote
The happiest day, the happiest hour
My seared and blighted heart hath known,
The highest hope of pride and power,
I feel hath flown. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1827Torment1 quote
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form
from off my door!
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." — Edgar Allan Poe · 1845True love1 quote
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love,
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me. — Edgar Allan Poe · 1849