H.C. ArtmannSeveral people toss and turn in their sleep, startled by the lines of the newspapers in their dreams, knives out, lights out, lights out, knives out!
About This Quote
This quote came from a short story written by Samuel Beckett. The story is called "The Letter," and the quote is spoken by a figure named Watt.
Source: Contemporary Surrealist Prose
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