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“Gully Foyle is my name
And Terra is my nation.
Deep space is my dwelling place,
The stars my destination.”
― The Stars My Destination
And Terra is my nation.
Deep space is my dwelling place,
The stars my destination.”
― The Stars My Destination

“Delirium: "What's the name of the word for the precise moment when you realize that you've actually forgotten how it felt to make love to somebody you really liked a long time ago?"
Dream: "There isn't one."
Delirium: "Oh. I thought maybe there was.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
Dream: "There isn't one."
Delirium: "Oh. I thought maybe there was.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives

“We make choices. No one else can live our lives for us. And we must confront and accept the consequences of our actions.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

“It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”
― Dune
― Dune

“Every child in the world imagines that its phantasy world is unique to itself. Psychiatry knows that the joys and terrors of private phantasies are a common heritage shared by all mankind. Fears, guilts, terrors, and shames could be interchanged, from one man to the next, and none would notice the difference.”
― The Stars My Destination
― The Stars My Destination
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