“The albino reflected on the power of the human mind to build a fantasy and then defend it with complete determination as a reality.”

—  Michael Moorcock

Book 1, Chapter 2 “The Pearl at the Heart of the World” (p. 139)
The Elric Cycle, The Fortress of the Pearl (1989)

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