The Alone — Poe Quote Phone Case

Edgar Allan Poe, "Alone" (written c. 1829, published 1875) "And all I lov'd—I lov'd alone—" Poe was 20 when he wrote this and kept it to himself his entire life. It was found after his death in a Baltimore socialite's commonplace book, in his handwriting — kept there for 26 years, the most nakedly personal thing he ever wrote. The "lov'd" is period-standard poetic contraction. The em dashes are his. The staircase the words make on the page is entirely intentional. This isn't a phone case. It's the thing you carry that nobody else sees. The Design Three lines in a descending staircase — "And all I lov'd—" / "I lov'd" / "alone—" — each stepping further right, the word "alone—" arriving at the end of its own indentation exactly where you'd expect it. The design moves the way the thought does: forward, and then further in. Also on the The Alone Tee, The Alone Mug, and The Alone Journal. More Poe: Dream Within a Dream Tee, The Strangeness Tee. About This Case Tough dual-layer construction — flexible TPU inner layer, hard polycarbonate outer shell Full black back panel — sublimation edge to edge iPhone 11 through 17 — all models and sizes, select yours at checkout Raised edges protect the screen; precise cutouts for camera, buttons, and ports Clean with a damp cloth Induction charging compatible — works with most wireless devices Care note: Keep away from liquids with high alcohol content and prolonged direct sunlight to preserve the design. Who It's For The person who experiences things a half-step differently and has stopped apologizing for it. The Poe reader. The one who has loved something alone and understood that was the only way it could have been. Carry the alone. It was always yours. Edgar Allan Poe, in Plain English Lived: 1809–1849, Boston to Baltimore "Alone" found after his death in someone else's commonplace book — never published while he was alive Invented the detective fiction genre with "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) — decades before Sherlock Holmes More celebrated in France than America during his lifetime — Baudelaire translated him, Borges and Dostoevsky claimed him Died at 40, found delirious in the street in Baltimore; the cause was never definitively established