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

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

Edgar Allan Poe

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

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

Art is to look at not to criticize.

Art is to look at not to criticize.

Invisible things are the only realities.

Invisible things are the only realities.

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

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

To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!

To die laughing must be the most glorious of all glorious deaths!

The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow

The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow

If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul; you haven't experienced poetry.

If a poem hasn't ripped apart your soul; you haven't experienced poetry.

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

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

False hope is nicer than no hope at all.

False hope is nicer than no hope at all.

If you run out of ideas follow the road; you'll get there

If you run out of ideas follow the road; you'll get there

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

If a man deceives me once, shame on him; if he deceives me twice, shame on me.

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge

Happiness is not to be found in knowledge, but in the acquisition of knowledge

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

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

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.

I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.

I live in a crazy time.

I live in a crazy time.