I read, and, in reading, lifted the Curtains of the Impossible that blind the mind, and looked out into the unknown. (William Hope Hodgson)

I read, and, in reading, lifted the Curtains of the Impossible that blind the mind, and looked out into the unknown.

William Hope Hodgson

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