The unpardonable sin is to be a bore.
Horror, detective fiction
Often attributed, but exact source is difficult to verify and may be apocryphal.
Uncertain
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Cross Reference
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"The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world."
Strange & Unusual"It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood."
Strange & Unusual"And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave."
Strange & Unusual"If you determine to abandon me — here take I my farewell — Neglected — I will be doubly ambitious, & the world shall hear of the son whom you have thought unworthy of your notice."
Strange & Unusual"Peculiar and not original."
Humorous