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

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

topic: Girl, Falling In Love, Men, Lenore

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

source: "The Raven" l. 7 (1845)

topic: Book, Angel, Names, Bleak, Lenore

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

- David Foster Wallace

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

topic: Eye, Color, Sun, Lenore

Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!

- Edgar Allan Poe

source: Edgar Allan Poe, Brod Bagert (1995). “Edgar Allan Poe”, p.17, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

topic: Ravens, Kind, Forget, Lenore, Nevermore

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.

- Edgar Allan Poe

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

topic: Angel, Names, Ravens, Lenore, Nevermore

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

source: Edgar Allan Poe, Brod Bagert (1995). “Edgar Allan Poe”, p.17, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

topic: Memories, Angel, Air, Lenore, Respite

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

- Edgar Allan Poe

topic: Love, Dream, Art, Spiritual Darkness, Spooky

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

- David Foster Wallace

topic: Girl, Feet, Doe, Lenore, Really Pretty

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

topic: Real, Writing, Love Is, Lenore