#dreaming

Something must always remain that eludes us ... For power to have an object on which it can be exercised, a space in which to stretch out its arms ... As long as I know there exists in the world someone who does tricks only for the love of the trick, as long as I know there is a woman who loves reading for reading's sake, I can convince myself that the world continues ... And every evening I, too, abandon myself to reading, like that distant unknown woman .... ↗

— Italo Calvino

#reading #dreams

I have at least the whole of my life to answer a question: Who am I? And who is the other? A gust of wind at dawn? A motionless landscape? A trembling leaf? A coil of white smoke above a mountain? I write all these words and I hear the wind, not outside, but inside my head. A strong wind, it rattles the shutters through which I enter the dream. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#life-and-living #self-awareness #the-sand-child #dreams

Something about her eyes or voice has always suggested the hint of a free spirit, trapped in a Peck and Peck cage, dreaming of making rude noises at public gatherings of Republicans. ↗

— Jeff Greenfield

#always #cage #dreaming #eyes #free

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#dreams #dreams

Growing up in Memphis and listening to all kinds of music and dreaming... So that was one of the first times I wrote a complete song and set it to music and the whole bit. From then on, I was busy with it. ↗

— William Bell

#busy #complete #dreaming #first #growing

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

#dreamer #dreaming #his #must #only

Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests. ↗

— Charles Lindbergh

#conquests #dreaming #find #future #impossible

Dreaming permits each and everyone of us to be quietly insane every night of out lives. ↗

— William Dement

#dreams #insanity #sleeping #dreams

Naive keeps on dreaming of heaven on earth, ignoring the truth that even heavens are at war. ↗

— Toba Beta

#keep-on-dreaming #dreams

It was possible in this wonderful city for that nameless little boy -for any of its millions- to have a decent chance to scale the walls and achieve what they wished. Wealth, rank or an imposing name counted for nothing. The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from. ↗

— Moss Hart

#dreaming #new-york #dreams