If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment.
Edgar Allan PoeIt is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain, but, once conceived, it haunted me day and night.
Edgar Allan PoeIn [chess], where the pieces have different and "bizarre" motions, with various and variable values, what is only complex, is mistaken (a not unusual error) for what is profound
Edgar Allan Poe