#up

The sleeper dreams of an egg and knows an egg. He dreams the egg is hatched and a bird rises from the shell. Awake, he sees an egg and knows a star, and the star will shine. But how shall we wake the sleeper from his dreaming? How shall we enter his chamber and wake him to power? We can show him the door, but how shall we give him the key? ↗

— Kristin Kladstrup

#the-book-of-story-beginnings #dreams

Screw technicolor, red, and foreign languages. I dream in status updates. ↗

— Fierce Dolan

#dreams #foreign-language #status-updates #technicolor #dreams

Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their roots had found. (“A Dream of Fear”) ↗

— George Sterling

#graveyard #horror #scary #supernatural #trees

It’s not like I planned it. I never woke up from some rosy dream and said, “Okay, world, today I’m gonna spaz. ↗

— Shannon Celebi

#crazy #dream #dreaming #dreams #plan

When you are pursuing your dreams, they will call you CRAZY because they are LAZY. They never know you are a HERO who just jumped away from step ZERO. Stay away from negative people; they will only pollute you. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#distinct #don-t-give-up #hard-work #hero #lazy

Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it. ↗

— Stephen Vizinczey

#stupidity #education

A Fairy must make her own way in the world, for the world will never make way for her. That, incidentally, is the First Theorem of Questing Physicks, which you’ll learn all about when you’re older and don’t care anymore. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#growing-up #learning #education

Superstition is another word for Everyday life. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#superstition #life

We must strive for literacy and education that teach us to never quit questioning and probing at the assumptions of the day. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#fighting #hard-work #knowledge #literacy #never-give-up

I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading. ↗

— Pat Bowlen

#championships #fading #i #know #loss