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Reality had always been something of an unknown quantity to me.


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Because of my fear that the daytime world would become real, I had to establish reality in another place.

Because of my fear that the daytime world would become real, I had to establish reality in another place.



Everything was quiet, as if the silence was listening.

Everything was quiet, as if the silence was listening.



At last I feel identified with the mountains, clean, cold, hard, detached.

At last I feel identified with the mountains, clean, cold, hard, detached.



I had never before met anyone who owned a telephone and believed in dragons.

I had never before met anyone who owned a telephone and believed in dragons.



My ideas were confused. In a peculiar way, the unreality of the outer world appeared to be an extension of my own disturbed state of mind.

My ideas were confused. In a peculiar way, the unreality of the outer world appeared to be an extension of my own disturbed state of mind.



You mustn't be so afraid of life - it's all we've got. Don't let it hurt you so much.

You mustn't be so afraid of life - it's all we've got. Don't let it hurt you so much.



To wait - only to wait - without even the final merciful deprivation of hope.Sometimes I think that some secret court must have tried and condemned me, unheard, to this heavy sentence.

To wait - only to wait - without even the final merciful deprivation of hope.Sometimes I think that some secret court must have tried and condemned me, unheard, to this heavy sentence.



I had a curious feeling that I was living on several planes simultaneously; the overlapping of these planes was confusing.

I had a curious feeling that I was living on several planes simultaneously; the overlapping of these planes was confusing.



Her albino hair illuminated my dreams, shining brighter than moonlight.

Her albino hair illuminated my dreams, shining brighter than moonlight.



I know that I'm doomed and I'm not going to struggle against my fate. I am only writing this down so that when you do not see me any more you will know that my enemy has finally triumphed.

I know that I'm doomed and I'm not going to struggle against my fate. I am only writing this down so that when you do not see me any more you will know that my enemy has finally triumphed.





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