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Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

"Thy soul shall find itself alone 'Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone — Not one, of all the crowd, to pry Into thine hour of secrecy: Be silent in that solitude Which is not loneliness—for then The spirits of the dead who stood In life before thee are again In death around thee—and their will Shall then overshadow thee: be still."

— Edgar Allan Poe, from Spirits of the Dead

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Ash · Dec 28, 2025

There’s something so haunting yet comforting about the idea that we’re never truly alone in our silence.

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