Edgar Allan Poe

"Dreams are the eraser dust I blow off my page. They fade into the emptiness, another dark gray day. Dreams are only memories of the plans I had back then. Dreams are eraser dust and now I use a pen."

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Source: Edgar Allan Poe (1927). “Tales by Edgar Allan Poe”, p.442, Dimitrios Spyridon Chytiris

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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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