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“They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams, of phrases spoken in nightmares.” Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
“Kurtz—it was ordered I should never betray him—it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.” Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
“History . . . is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” James Joyce, Ulysses
“Who am I to tell my private nightmares to if I can't tell them to you?” Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
“Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. With a badge.” Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
“It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.” L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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