Twixt (2011)

Ben Chaplin: Poe

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• Poe : Of all the melancholy topics, what, according the the universal understanding of mankind, is the most tragic?

  Hall Baltimore : Death.

  Poe : And when is this most tragic of melancholy topics most poetical? When it most loosely alludes itself to beauty. The death, therefore, of a beautiful girl is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world. Equally, it is beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such a topic, are those of a man who loved her.

• Poe : Our work must be the grave that we prepare for its lovely talent.

• Poe : Do you dare go further?

  Hall Baltimore : What are you talking about? Tell me the ending.

  Poe : If you don't stop now, every word that flows from your pen will be your own tale. You. You are the ending you seek.

• Poe : During the brightest days of her unparalleled beauty, I loved her. Not as the living and breathing Virginia, but as the Virginia of the dream.