#dreams

Who has a right to tell me I have no gift, no talent, no passion ...' he murmured. 'Why do people say those things to you when youre young? Doesn't seem fair, does it?' 'No, darling, it's not fair,'she said. 'But the mystery is why you listen. ↗

— Anne Rice

#life #youth #dreams

Those heart-hammering nightmares that start to lose coherence even as you're waking up from them, but that still manage to leave their moldering fingerprints all across your day. ↗

— Mike Carey

#nightmares #dreams

I was terrified as only grown men and women can be when they wake in the middle of the night and begin to realize, in the absolute silence and solitude all around them, that it is not only their dream that has woken them, that it is their whole way of life. ↗

— M. Ageyev

#dreams #realizations #dreams

It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#dreams

When dreams come true in reality they never feel the same as when you imagine them, and you know what that means? It means that no matter how good things are, maybe they’ll never be good enough, and there’s something seriously wrong with that. ↗

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

#dreams

Is is true that dictators never dream because they can change their smallest fantasies into realities if they want to? ↗

— Alfred de Musset

#dictators #dreams #change

Whiteness is the color of death, you know, not black. Wetness is life, the breeder and shaper of life. In the beginning the sun was black. So all light was absorbed before it had a chance to return. And our dreams, then, were empty. ↗

— Jim Carroll

#poetry #poetry-quotes #death

For all it's problems and difficulties, life is mostly a wonderful experience, and it is up to each person to make the most of each day. I hope you are successful in your life, but look to the heavens and the earth and especially to other people to find your real wealth. Wherever I am, wherever you go, know that my love goes with you. ↗

— Elizabeth Berg

#world-war- #dreams

I don’t collect awards, I collect empty trophy cases. Once my collection is large enough, I’m going to start collecting broken dreams.
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— Jarod Kintz

#collections #dreams #dreams

...It’s not the lies that hurt people. It’s the willingness of everyone else to believe them..." Aiden, Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

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