Edgar Allan Poe

"All that we see and seem is but a dream within a dream. "

"Convinced myself, I seek not to convince. "

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity "

"I have great faith in fools -- self confidence my friends call it. "

"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream. "

"It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve. "

"Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. "

"Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence. "

"Take this kiss upon the brow And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow--You are not wrong who deemThat my days have been a dreamYet if hope has flown awayIn a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,Is it therefore the less goneAll that we see or seemIs but a dream within a dream. "

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