… in the relentless and meaningless manner one searches for something in a nightmare, coming on doors that won’t open or drawers that won’t shut, struggling over and over against the same meaningless thing, not knowing why the effort seems so desperate, why the sudden sight of a chair with a shawl thrown over it inspires the mind with horror. ✨ Anne Rice (2013). The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle, p.600, Ballantine Books
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