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“No milk. It is black coffee, pure but strong, that fortifies against the powers of darkness with which the world is filled.”

Quote by Robert Aickman

Book:The Wine-Dark Sea

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The Wine-Dark Sea

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Robert Aickman was an English writer known for his supernatural and horror fiction. His works, often set in the English countryside, combined elements of the supernatural with complex human psychology. more

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