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[jazzfish]

Help me, internets. You're my only hope.

I have this very vague memory of a (SF/fantasy) book in which the (main?) viewpoint character somehow has access to a source of very powerful outside emotions from other characters. When this happens, he(?) has to "step aside" and allow himself "only a taste" of the emotion, otherwise he(?)'ll lose himself in it.

Sound at all familiar to anyone?

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[selki.livejournal.com]

Yes, it does sound familiar, but what it reminds me of is some vampire story (title/author unrecalled) where he could only drink a little blood, or he'd lose himself in the life/memories of whomever he was drinking.