“Feeling this way was a particular kind of horror, having the emotions without the memories.”
Cassandra Clare (1973) American author
Source: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
“Ultimate horror often paralyses memory in a merciful way.”
— H.P. Lovecraft, book The Rats in the Walls
Source: The Rats in the Walls
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