"Those with the greatest awareness have the greatest nightmares."
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"Consciousness is nature's nightmare."
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"Horror, for me, has to involve some sort of fantasy. Horror is something that is in your dreams or your nightmares."
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"I'm a little skeptical of so-called narco fiction, I have to say, though some writers I admire may have written some narco fiction. You feel the dread and the atmosphere in Yuri Herrera's extraordinary novels, but you'd never say that what he writes is narco fiction. The same goes for Martin Solares's novels, inspired by the nightmare city of Tampico, where he's from. Valeria Luiselli, Álvaro Enrigue, I know that they're deeply affected by what goes on in Mexico, but their wonderful writing points in another direction, though not necessarily always and only."
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"There's nothing like a clown with a boner to remind you that you're having a nightmare."
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"You're capable of such beautiful dreams and such horrible nightmares."
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"The traditions of the dead generations weigh like a nightmare upon the living."
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"I have nightmares that I'm going to wake up, and everyone's driving a Prius and living in a condo, and we're all getting health insurance."
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"I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare."
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"My worst nightmare is being stuck somewhere with nothing to read."
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"A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares... if you don't really work them."
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"What's a joy to the one is a nightmare to the other."
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"It's a nightmare to administer some of this sort of thing, but I want to tell the shareholders of Berkshire, to the percent we own marketable securities or things for which there are market, even if those markets - I want to tell them what it's all about."
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"I don't have nightmares; I give them all to you."
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"Life is a nightmare that prevents one from sleeping."
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"I can't tell whether I am living in a dream or a nightmare."
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"Ninety per cent of life is a nightmare, do you think I am going to get it rounded up to hundred per cent?"
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"I used to have nightmares that they would put 'He played Ted' on my tombstone."
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"When you are trapped in a nightmare, your motivation to awaken will be so much greater than that of someone caught up in a relatively pleasant dream."
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"My kids are my life and the thought of someone taking them away from me is my worst nightmare."
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