One dreams of the goddess Fame and winds up with the bitch Publicity.

Peter De Vries (1910-1993) American editor, novelist, satirist
The Mackerel Plaza, ch. 12 (1958)
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Spoken by the narrator, Rev. Andrew Mackerel, quoting his deceased wife, Ida May.

 
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