Nevermore Quotes

• And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted -- Nevermore!

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Halloween, Lying, Ravens

  "The Raven" l. 107 (1845)

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• And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting...

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Ravens, Sitting Still, Stills

  "The Raven" l. 103 (1845)

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• Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!” Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Heart, Doors, Ravens

  "The Raven" l. 101 (1845)

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

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Midnight, Literature, Weak

  "The Raven" l. 1 (1845)

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• And the Raven, never flitting, Still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas Just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming Of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming Throws his shadow on the floor, And my soul from out that shadow, That lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted - nevermore.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Dream, Lying, Eye

  "The Raven" l. 107 (1845)

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• Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee-- Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!" Quothe the Raven, "Nevermore.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Memories, Angel, Air

  Edgar Allan Poe, Brod Bagert (1995). “Edgar Allan Poe”, p.17, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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• Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Tombstone, Ravens

  "The Raven" l. 101 (1845)

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• Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore - Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Night, Names, Ravens

  "The Raven" l. 46 (1845)

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• Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us- by that God we both adore- Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore- Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore." Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Angel, Names, Ravens

  Edgar Allan Poe (2015). “A Classic Crime Collection”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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• Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Ravens, Kind, Forget

  Edgar Allan Poe, Brod Bagert (1995). “Edgar Allan Poe”, p.17, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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• Humanity has gained its suit; Liberty will nevermore be without an asylum.

  Marquis de Lafayette

  Humanity, Liberty, Asylums

  "Martin's History of France : The Decline of the French Monarchy" by Henri Martin, Vol. II, (p. 418), 1866.

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• Stories. They're everywhere...You never know where they start and you certainly don't know where they'll end. If they ever DO end. (Nevermore)

  Linda Newbery

  Stories, Ends, Knows

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• Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Nevermore, however weary, should one faint by the way who gains the blessings of one mountain day; whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever.

  John Muir

  Short Life, Fate, Blessing

  John Muir (1997). “Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays”, p.187, Library of America

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• Angel screeched with fury and despair to the empty walls around her. "I'm human, do you hear me? It hurts!

  James Patterson

  Hurt, Wall, Angel

  James Patterson (2012). “Maximum Ride: Nevermore”, p.198, Random House

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• A double-edged sword One side destroys One releases I am your Gordian knot Will you release or destroy me? Follow truth and you shall: Find me on water Purify me through fire Trapped by earth nevermore Air will whisper to you What spirit already knows: That even shattered anything is possible If you believe Then we shall both be free.

  P. C. Cast

  Believe, Fire, Air

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2010). “Burned: A House of Night Novel”, p.161, St. Martin's Griffin

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• The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
  Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
  The day returns, but nevermore
  Returns the traveler to the shore,
  And the tide rises, the tide falls.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Time, Morning, Fall

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1899). “the Compelete Poetical Works”

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• When a little pleasure has flashed for a moment against the dark, I have made that jewel mine. I have hundreds of them ... I call it my Necklace of Perfect Joy. When the world goes wrong, I have only to close my eyes and remember all the links in my chain, set with gems, some large and some small, but all beautiful with the beauty which never fades. It is all I can take with me when I go. My material possessions must stay behind, but my Necklace of Perfect Joy will bring me happiness to the end, when I put it on, to be nevermore unclasped.

  Myrtle Reed

  Beautiful, Eye, Dark

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• The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before

  Johnny Mercer

  Running, Children, Wine

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• May the merciful god, if indeed there be such, guard those hours when no power of the will, or drug that the cunning of man devises, can keep me from the chasm of sleep. Death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom, but with him who has come back out of the nethermost chambers of night, haggard and knowing, peace rests nevermore.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Sleep, Men, Night

  H. P. Lovecraft (2011). “H. P. Lovecraft Fiction Collection”, p.319, Boris Lariushin

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• Hope dead lives nevermore,
  No, not in heaven.

  Christina Rossetti

  Hope, Heaven

  Christina Rossetti (2014). “Selected Poems”, p.83, Routledge

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• Hi! handsome hunting man Fire your little gun. Bang! Now the animal is dead and dumb and done. Nevermore to peep again, creep again, leap again, Eat or sleep or drink again. Oh, what fun!

  Walter de La Mare

  Fun, Sleep, Animal

  Poems for Children (1930) "Hi!"

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• Ah, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever! Let the bell toll!-a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river; And, Guy de Vere, hast thou no tear?-weep now or nevermore!

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Rivers, Broken, Guy

  Edgar Allan Poe (2016). “The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe”, p.1035, Xist Publishing

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• Nevermore," Lolli said. "That's what Luis calls it, because there are three rules: Never more than once a day, never more than a pinch at a time, and never more than two days in a row.

  Holly Black

  Two, Three, Said

  Holly Black (2012). “Ironside”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

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• NOOOO!" On the screen, a woman's eyes bugged almost out of her head, and I tried not to scream. Tried not to scream in exasperation, I mean. The serial killer was right in front of her, wide open! Clearly, instead of weeping like a moron, she could be lunging forward and administering a swift uppercut to the chin. Then this entire pointless ordeal would be over with, and I could go home.

  James Patterson

  Home, Mean, Eye

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• Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have again and again granted you periods of grace of which you have not availed yourself. It is time to realize that you are a member of the Universe, that you are born of Nature itself, and to know that a limit has been set to your time. Use every moment wisely, to perceive your inner refulgence, or 'twill be gone and nevermore within your reach.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Procrastination, Thinking, Years

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