I could not find my way back in dreams, I knew then. They were memory and desire, terror and hope; they told me only what I already knew. (Patricia A. McKillip)

I could not find my way back in dreams, I knew then. They were memory and desire, terror and hope; they told me only what I already knew.

Patricia A. McKillip

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