Richard Flanagan Quotes

Under The Influence Of Mercury, Which He Administered To Himself Daily As A Salve For His Syphilis, & Laudanum, Which He Drank Each Evening In Imprecisely Measured Amounts To Enable Him To Sleep, Because Of All Things, This Brave Man Feared Only His Dreams, Opiate-enhanced Nightmares That Gave Him No Respite & Which Always Ended In Flames From Which He Rose Phoenix-like Just Before Dawn Each Morning, To Recommence Building What Was Already Ash.

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