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Philip K. Dick, VALIS Quotes: It has been said of dreams that they are a 'controlled psychosis, ' or, put another way, a psychosis is a dream breaking through during waking hours.
         

It has been said of dreams that they are a 'controlled psychosis, ' or, put another way, a psychosis is a dream breaking through during waking hours.


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