dreams

Long before our eyes open to the morning light, our minds construct vast territories where the ordinary rules of reality simply dissolve. The words gathered here explore that nocturnal theater and the quiet daytime visions that urge us forward, capturing the delicate tension between who we are and who we long to become. Through the reflections of poets, philosophers, and relentless doers, you will encounter the full spectrum of the subconscious—from fragile hopes that refuse to let go to stark reminders of the ground beneath our feet. Step inside and wander through these reflections to find the sparks that keep your own imagination restless.

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Khalil Gibran

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Anais Nin

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"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

— J. K. Rowlingdreams

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."

— Langston Hughesdreams

"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?"

— John Lennondreams

"I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams."

— H. P. Lovecraftdreams

"I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long."

— Joseph Hellerdreams

"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."

— Les Browndreams

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"I married the man of my dreams in 1998."

-Cindy Margolis

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"I married the man of my dreams in 1998."

"Sports nurtures dreams of achieving self confidence and masculine striving for the skinny kid watching a boxer dance around the ring with sublime ease."

"It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people."

"My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by bit, it does seem to be working."

"It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams."

"When I was in high school, I don't know that I really had big dreams."

"The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams."

"It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way."

"I don't dream songs. I'm more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also tend to get up and write prose in the morning from which will come songs."

"I had some wonderful dreaming meetings. I can't tell you specifically what they've been in the recent months. In the past they've been verbal kinds of messages that he needed to give me. Now they're more dreams of his presence."

"No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesn't... you work out something. It's yours. You don't have to go to sleep to do that. You do that on the canvas."

"I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith."

"I wasn't prepared to get a mammogram until I was 40 years old, like I'd been told. I never in my wildest dreams expected anything to be wrong."

"I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for my children."

"I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?"

"It's like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. You're running as fast as you can, and someone's trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you."

"Dreams really tell you about yourself more than anything else in this world could ever tell you."

"Everyone dreams, but not everybody remembers their dreams because some people go into delta they go too low."

"I always knew that we were going to be successful and accomplish and succeed at our dreams. There was never a doubt in my mind. When we were recording 'Appetite For Destruction,' we all knew."

"I've accomplished a lot, but I still have more dreams that I want to achieve."

"I actually build my dreams around the dancers I've got in my company."

"No movie influenced me more to go after my dreams than 'Flashdance.' After seeing it, I took 15 dance lessons a week. I cut all my sweatshirts. I did the 'Maniac' thing."

"What's interesting is, for myself, when I become really attracted to somebody, I find them in my dreams... conversations, nothing more."

"You only get one album. You only get one single. You get one shot in music. But I have a million different dreams. Why can't I go out and try to achieve them all? Who are you to say I can't?"

"I believe dreams represent the purest form of fantasy we unleash through our subconscious. They represent the truest freedom we can experience. Totally unrepressed and totally creative."

"I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams."

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