“I watch him while he's sleeping. A prisoner of dreams. Fighting the...” – Francis Bacon, Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon ... Movie Quotes Database

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I watch him while he's sleeping. A prisoner of dreams. Fighting the battle he's always going to lose. But I'm powerless to help him as I'm powerless to help myself. So I watch and wait.

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