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Nightmare quotes

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“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” - 1899

“History . . . is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” James Joyce, “Ulysses” - 1922

“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” - 1899

“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” - 1900

“Someone out there was about to find that their worst nightmare was a maddened Librarian. With a badge.” Terry Pratchett, “Guards! Guards!” - 1989

“Who am I to tell my private nightmares to if I can't tell them to you?” Samuel Beckett, “Waiting for Godot” - 1953

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