“Life is a nightmare.”
“It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare, you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.""And what is that nightmare, Craig?""Life.”
“Life is a nightmare that prevents one from sleeping.”
“In working with the wounded at Gallipoli, the lead character comments, “Perhaps life was the nightmare and death the awakening.”
“A nightmare might force you awakened. The tough life might force you awakened.”
“You carry/All the ingredients/To turn your life into a nightmare--/Don't mix them!”