The Lathe Of Heaven

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• The Portal of God is non-existence. Dr. William Haber’s office…
• “Do you try to deprive yourself of food and water, Mr. Orr? Have…
• He glanced at Haber to make sure that the doctor knew what he had…
• “And since then? ” “Well, there’re some girls at my office, I’m not…
• “What do you want to wait for? ” “But I can’t fall asleep at four-thirty…
• “Good. Keep gazing at it, and breathing regularly; soon you’ll…
• “It was. .. . I was walking in this field, and it was off in the…

• Orr bought a tasteless plateful of fish and chips with African…
• “No. ” As a matter of fact, he had tried stimulating Orr’s…
• He looked down at his hands for a minute, evidently trying…
• Confucius and you are both dreams, and I who say you are…
• Of course, Haber thought, a man who saw a miracle would…
• There was a long pause. “You look beat, ” Haber said,…
• “Doesn’t it worry you? ” “Irrelevant, ” said the doctor,…
• “We’d better get back upstairs, ” Haber said, getting…
• “Good. Now, listen carefully. You’re going to have another…
• It was three o’clock when he got back to the Kitchen Sink…
• For, these days, Haber did talk freely and fully to Orr…