#dream

To be a saint is to be an exception; to be a true man is the rule. Err, fail, sin if you must, but be upright. To sin as little as possible is the law for men; to sin not at all is a dream for angels. All earthly things are subject to sin; if is like the force of gravity. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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There are not wings of dreams that have not previously dealt with the flight of black thoughts. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

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That agony, that pain, that struggle, that rejection takes you to the place of grasping your dreams. ↗

— Euginia Herlihy

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Before cruelly vilifying them from a great height, the mudslingers at newspapers and journals should bear in mind that all artistic endeavors were by and large a mixture of effort and imagination, the embodiment of a solitary endeavor, of a sometimes long-nurtured dream, when they were not a desperate bid to give life meaning. ↗

— Félix J. Palma

#writers-on-writing #dreams

And Elvex said, "I was the man." - In "Robot dreams" (Short story) ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#science-fiction #dreams

The eighth gift is Imagination. May it nourish your visions and dreams. ↗

— Charlene Costanzo

#character-building #dreams #imagination #inspiration #self-worth

An old dream with a shiny new veneer. It's fascinating, you know, how an obsolete madness is sometimes adopted and stylized in an attempt to ghoulishly preserve it. These are the days of second-hand fantasies and antiquated hysteria. ("The Chymist") ↗

— Thomas Ligotti

#hysteria #madness #obsolete #dreams

In the early hours of the morning the house was dark and quiet. […] and Elizabeth lay in bed wide awake. Images of Mr. Darcy’s face, his nod, and his tall, handsome demeanour flooded her thoughts. She knew that even if she were spared these thoughts by sleep coming upon her, he would invade her dreams. And when she did fall asleep just before dawn,he was there just as she had expected. ↗

— Kara Louise

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God exists only if adored Time is nothing if one has not dreamed ("Painting") ↗

— Pierre Reverdy

#time #dreams

I think back to my dream of the boy, because in it I find solace. I like that word. I'm going to make it my word of the year. There is just something about that boy that makes me feel like I belong. Belong. Long to be. Weird word, but semantics aside, it is up there with solace. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#solace #dreams