William Wilson
William Wilson
by Edgar Allan Poe

William Wilson Quotes

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Identity Quotes

Let me call myself, for the present, William Wilson. The fair page now lying before me need not be sullied with my real appellation. (1)

Versions of Reality Quotes

I would not, if I could, here or to-day, embody a record of my later years of unspeakable misery, and unpardonable crime. (2)

Lies and Deceit Quotes

Let me call myself, for the present, William Wilson. The fair page now lying before me need not be sullied with my real appellation. (1)

Guilt and Blame Quotes

I would not, if I could, here or to-day, embody a record of my later years of unspeakable misery, and unpardonable crime. (2)

Freedom and Confinement Quotes

Thenceforward my voice was a household law; and at an age when few children have abandoned their leading-strings, I was left to the guidance of my own will, and became, in all but name, the master...