“There is a dead spot in the night, that coldest, blackest time when the world has forgotten evening and dawn is not yet a promise. A time when it is far too early to arise, but so late that going to bed makes small sense.”
Source: Assassin's Quest
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American fiction writer (pseudonym) 1952Related quotes
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Source: Sleeping with Strangers
