Lenore Quotes

• 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

  Girl, Falling In Love, Men

  Lenore Coffee (1973). “Storyline; recollections of a Hollywood screenwriter”, Burns & Oates

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• 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.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Book, Angel, Names

  "The Raven" l. 7 (1845)

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• No puedo decir de qué color son los ojos de Lenore Beadsman; no puedo mirarlos; para mí son el sol.

  David Foster Wallace

  Eye, Color, Sun

  David Foster Wallace (2004). “The Broom of the System: A Novel”, p.56, Penguin

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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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• ¡Profeta!" dije yo, "¡cosa del mal! - profeta aún, ¡si pájaro o demonio! Por ese Cielo que se inclina sobre nosotros, por ese Dios que ambos adoramos, dile a esta alma cargada de dolor si, dentro del lejano Aidenn, abrazará a una santa doncella a quien los ángeles llaman Lenore, abrazará a una rara y radiante doncella a quien los ángeles llaman Lenore". Dijo el cuervo: "Nunca más.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Angel, Names, Ravens

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

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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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• Profundamente en esa oscuridad, me quedé allí preguntándome, temiendo, dudando, soñando sueños que ningún mortal se atrevió a soñar antes; Pero el silencio era inquebrantable, y la quietud no daba señales, y la única palabra que se pronunció fue la palabra susurrada: "¿Lenore?". Esto susurré, y un eco murmuró la palabra, "¡Lenore!" - Sólo esto, y nada más

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Dream, Echoes, Long

  "El cuervo" l. 25 (1845)

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• Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden.

  David Foster Wallace

  Girl, Feet, Doe

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

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• 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.

  David Foster Wallace

  Real, Writing, Love Is

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