Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence.

Edgar Allan Poe
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Throughout the ages, people have questioned whether they are right to call someone crazy. Some people think that the person is just being plain hard to understand, but others think that the person is actually very intelligent and can’t understand their own behavior. The truth is that both people are right. Sometimes, we just don’t know what we’re doing, but we still feel like we’re doing it right.

For instance, most people can’t make sense of how they ended up with a divorce or how they landed in debt. But most people don’t act on those feelings or act on them in ways that are less than productive. That means that these feelings (and the behaviors that come with them) aren’t entirely irrational.

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  1. We loved with a love that was more than love.
  2. From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.
  3. It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE;And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me....
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  5. And all I loved, I loved alone.
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