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You call it hope-that fire of fire! It is but agony of desire.


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The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.



I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.



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There is no beauty without some strangeness



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

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



The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.



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.



Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.



And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.



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.



They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.





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This page presents the quote "You call it hope-that fire of fire! It is but agony of desire.". Author of this quote is Edgar Allan Poe. This quote is about agony, fire, desire, hope,.