The Fall of the House of Usher Madness Quotes

He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses; the most insipid food was alone endurable; he could wear only garments of certain texture; the odours of all flowers were oppressive; his eyes were tortured by even a faint light; and there were but peculiar sounds, and these from stringed instruments, which did not inspire him with horror. (10)

We painted and read together; or I listened, as if in a dream, to the wild improvisations of his speaking guitar. (15)