Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Tell-Tale Heart.
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. (2)
Hearken! and observe how healthily – how calmly I can tell you the whole story. (1)
And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it – oh so gently! (3)
I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever. (2)
It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. (3)
