Edgar Allan Poe

"Ceux qui revent eveilles ont conscience de 1000 choses qui echapent a ceux qui ne revent qu'endormis. The one who has day dream are aware of 1000 things that the one who dreams only when he sleeps will never understand. (it sounds better in french, I do what I can with my translation...)"

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Source: Edgar Allan Poe, Burton Ralph Pollin, Jeffrey A. Savoye (2008). “The Collected Letters of Edgar Allan Poe: 1847-1849”

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer known for his macabre tales and poetry, particularly 'The Raven' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'

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