Lenore Quotes

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  • I cannot say what color Lenore Beadsman’s eyes are; I cannot look at them; they are the sun to me.

    Eye   Color   Sun  
    David Foster Wallace (2004). “The Broom of the System: A Novel”, p.56, Penguin
  • When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking but his own.

    Lenore Coffee (1973). “Storyline; recollections of a Hollywood screenwriter”, Burns & Oates
  • Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!

    Ravens   Kind   Forget  
    Edgar Allan Poe, Brod Bagert (1995). “Edgar Allan Poe”, p.17, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" — Merely this, and nothing more

    Dream   Echoes   Long  
    "The Raven" l. 25 (1845)
  • Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one SAYS. 'Love' is one of those words, performative words. Some words can literally make things real.

    Real   Writing   Love Is  
  • Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly, I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Leonore - For the rare and radiant maiden who the angels name Lenore - Nameless here for evermore.

    Book   Angel   Names  
    "The Raven" l. 7 (1845)
  • 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.

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

    Memories   Angel   Air  
    Edgar Allan Poe, Brod Bagert (1995). “Edgar Allan Poe”, p.17, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden.

    Girl   Feet   Doe  
    David Foster Wallace (2004). “The Broom of the System: A Novel”, p.10, Penguin
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