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Dreams

«I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you coming through some door.»
Author: Arthur Miller (Playwright) | About: Dreams | Keywords: dreaming, walk about
«I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?»
Author: Chuang Tzu | About: Dreams | Keywords: awoke, butterfly, dreamed, dreamt, flit, flits, flitting
«It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.»
«It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.»
Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez | About: Age, Dreams | Keywords: pursuing
«I believe that dreams transport us through the underside of our days, and that if we wish to become acquainted with the dark side of what we are, the signposts are there, waiting for us to translate them»
«I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity, Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind»
Author: Kerry Livgren | About: Dreams | Keywords: dust, eyes-only, Gone With the Wind
«I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death»
«It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.»
«It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A pilot would call it ground orientation. I'd spent a long time circling above the clouds, looking for life, while Hallie was living it.»
«I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.»