The Scariest Monsters Are the Ones That Lurk Within Our Souls
Edgar Allan Poe? Rona Jaffe? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The following quotation has been tweeted repeatedly, and I have seen it on Facebook and several tumblrs. The words are always ascribed...
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Edgar Allan Poe? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: On a popular website I saw an intriguing list of “Indispensable Writing Tips from Famous Authors”. The following words were attributed to Edgar...
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Edgar Allan Poe? Poe? Anne D. Danielewski? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: Edgar Allan Poe authored groundbreaking tales in three different genres: horror, mystery, and science fiction. Numerous...
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I Don’t Suffer from Insanity; I Enjoy Every Minute of It!
Edgar Allan Poe? Edward Hastings Ford? Lloyd Biggle Jr.? Pat Williams? Joss Whedon? Bumper Sticker? T-Shirt Slogan? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: The following statement has been attributed to...
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I Do Not Believe in Ghosts, But I Am Awfully Afraid of Them
Edgar Allan Poe? Germaine de Staël? Bert Leston Taylor? Charles A. Dana? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: There is a family of quips that express a comically contradictory attitude toward specters....
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It’s Easy Enough, My Friend, to Dream of Utopian Worlds Afar…
Edgar Allan Poe? Ted Olson? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: There is a verse stating that only one person out of one-hundred is actively working toward making bold dreams come true. This notion has...
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All Religion, My Friend, Is Simply Evolved Out of Chicanery, Fear, Greed,...
Edgar Allan Poe? William Barton? John A. Joyce? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The following remark has been ascribed to the master of mystery and the macabre Edgar Allan Poe Religion evolved out...
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Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only One Half That You See
Edgar Allan Poe? Dinah Craik? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The following hyperbolic proverb encouraging skepticism has been credited to the master of mystery and the macabre Edgar Allan Poe:...
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The Enormous Multiplication of Books in Every Branch of Knowledge is One of...
Edgar Allan Poe? Alfred Smee? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The number of new books has increased vertiginously in recent years, but even in the nineteenth century critics lamented an...
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The Lunatics Have Taken Charge of the Asylum
Edgar Allan Poe? Richard Rowland? Terry Ramsaye? Laurence Stallings? H. L. Mencken? William Gibbs McAdoo? Jack Oakie? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: The leaders of a group often face a variety of...
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If a Poem Hasn’t Ripped Apart Your Soul, You Haven’t Experienced Poetry
Edgar Allan Poe? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: A hyperbolic statement about poetry has been credited to the major literary figure Edgar Allan Poe: If a poem hasn’t ripped apart your soul, you...
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