H.P. LovecraftBut are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?
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As much as we would like to believe in the story, the tale, the fairy tale, or the tall tale that we tell each other, it is nothing but a lie. The world is never as beautiful and magical as we would like it to be. The more beautiful and magical our nightmares are, the less likely they are to happen.
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