In spite of the air of fablethe public were still not at all disposed to receive it as fable. I thence concluded that the facts of my narrative would prove of such a nature as to carry with them sufficient evidence of their own authenticity.

If you are ever drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.

The death then of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world, and equally is it beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such topic are those of a bereaved lover.

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

...the agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair.