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“History . . . is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” James Joyce, Ulysses
“They were common everyday words—the familiar, vague sounds exchanged on every waking day of life. But what of that? 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
“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
“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
“Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. With a badge.” Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
“Who am I to tell my private nightmares to if I can't tell them to you?” Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

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