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in dreams it is often the case that the greatest extravagances seem bereft of their power to astonish and the most improbable chimeras seem commonplace. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). Cities of the Plain, p.285, Pan Macmillan
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in dreams it is often the case that the greatest extravagances seem bereft of their power to astonish and the most improbable chimeras seem commonplace. ✨ Cormac McCarthy (2010). Cities of the Plain, p.285, Pan Macmillan

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