The realities of the world affected me as visions, and as visions only, while the wild ideas of the land of dreams became, in turn,—not the material of my every-day existence--but in very deed that existence utterly and solely in itself.

We had always dwelled together, beneath a tropical sun, in the Valley of the Many Colored Grass.

One half of the pleasure experienced at a theatre arises from the spectator's sympathy with the rest of the audience, and, especially from his belief in their sympathy with him.

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

The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door — Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; — This it is, and nothing more.