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Are we to have nothing tonight?" said one of them, with a low laugh, as she pointed to the bag which he had thrown upon the floor, and which moved as ...more

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I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.

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It is only when a man feels himself face to face with such horrors that he can understand their true import.

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How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams...more

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And when he had crossed the bridge, the phantoms came to meet him.

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These friends - and he laid his hand on some of the books - have been good friends to me, and for some years past, ever since I had the idea of going ...more

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It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.

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preserve my sanity, for to this I am reduced. Safety and the assurance of safety are things of the past. Whilst I live on here there is but one thing ...more

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I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us. A personal experience has i...more

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If that other fellow doesn't know his happiness, well, he'd better look for it soon, or he'll have to deal with me.

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Souls and memories can do strange things during trance.

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Let me advise you, my dear young friend-- nay, let me warn you with all seriousness, that should you leave these rooms you will not by any chance go t...more

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Walpurgis Night, when, according to the belief of millions of people, the devil was abroad - when the graves were opened and the dead came forth and w...more