| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 44683 |
| QUOTATION: | To revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment.... All that he has to do is to write and publish a very little book. Its title should be simple—a few plain words—”My Heart Laid Bare.” But—this little book must be true to its title. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), U.S. author. “Marginalia 194,” Graham’s American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art (1848).
Expressing the torment of repression. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Poe Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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