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Quotes About Dreams

Khattam-Shud,' he Said slowly 'is the arch-enemy of all stories, even of language itself. He is the prince of silence and the foe of speech. And because everything ends, because dreams ens, stories end, life ends, at the finish of everything we use his name. 'It is finished,' we tell one another, 'it's over, Khattam-Shud; the end.
~ Salman Rushdie
I allowed myself the supernatural, the transcendent, because, I told myself, our love of metaphor is pre-religious, born of our need to express what is inexpressible, our dreams of otherness, of more.
~ Salman Rushdie
the true direction of her heart: that is to say, inwards, to the reality of dreams.
~ Salman Rushdie
How young he was when he made the surprisingly adult resolution to escape from the unpalatable reality of dreams into the slightly more acceptable illusions of his everyday, walking life!
~ Salman Rushdie
Faced with the possibility that evil existed, that pure malevolence had walked into my life and convinced me it was love, faced with the loss of everything I wanted from my life, I fainted. And dreamed dark dreams of blood.
~ Salman Rushdie
America, what happened to your optimism, your new frontiers, your simple Rockwell dreams? I'm plunging into your night, America, pushing myself deep into your heart like a knife, but the blade of my weapon is hope.
~ Salman Rushdie
Khattam-Shud' he said slowly, 'is the Arch-Enemy of all Stories, even of Language itself. He is the Prince of Silence and the Foe of Speech. And because everything ends, because dreams end, stories end, life ends, at the finish of everything we use his name. "It's finished," we tell one another, "it's over. Khattam-Shud: The End.
~ Salman Rushdie
But a man may dream, and in his dreams be other than he is.
~ Salman Rushdie
Voller Entsetzen begriffen sie, dass dies der letzte & schlimmste Trick des Dschungels war, dass er sie, indem er ihre Herzenswünsche erfüllte, dazu verleitete, ihre Träume aufzubrauchen, so dass sie, während ihr Traumleben ihnen entschlüpfte, so hohl & durchsichtig wie Glas wurden.
~ Salman Rushdie
Reason may catnap for a time, but the irrational is more often comatose. In the end it will be the irrational that is forever caged in dreams, while reason gains the day.
~ Salman Rushdie
Ellos hasta le contaban sus sueños, aunque muy pocos soñaban más de una vez al mes, porque eran muy pobres para permitirse esos lujos.
~ Salman Rushdie
We are creatures of air, Our roots in dreams And clouds, reborn In flight.
~ Salman Rushdie
imagined world behind our eyelids can drip its magic into the world we see when we open our eyes.
~ Salman Rushdie
Somos criaturas del aire, / con raíces en los sueños / y las nubes renacidas / en el vuelo.
~ Salman Rushdie
Eventually, it begins to seem as if you are repeatedly awakening from a dream to find yourself safely in bed. No matter how terrible the dream, the relief is instantaneous.
~ Sam Harris
It seems that such notions were the product of folklore, vivid dreams, and sheer confabulation—and confirmed by confessions elicited under the most gruesome torture
~ Sam Harris
Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.
~ Joe Manganiello
Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball.
~ Leigh Steinberg
I know how important it is to have a helping hand. In my childhood I had difficult times because of hormonal problems. If I hadn't had support, I wouldn't have been able to fulfill my dreams.
~ Lionel Messi
When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
~ Yannick Noah
I was from the bush, watching Greg Norman on TV, but it was a world away.
~ Stuart Appleby
If you're willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you'll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed.
~ Kurt Warner
A child's course in life should be determined not by the zip code she's born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams.
~ Barack Obama
It truly is the power that you have deep within yourself that gives you the strength to pursue your dreams.
~ Lily Collins