“But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please, and laugh at locksmiths.”

— J. Sheridan Le Fanu , book Carmilla

Variant: Thus fortified I might take my rest in peace. But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exists and their entrances as they please, and laugh at locksmiths.
Source: Carmilla

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Context: There's an ocean of darkness and I drown in the night
till I come through the darkness to the ocean of light,
for the light is forever and the light it is free,
"And I walk in the glory of the light," said he.

“There's an ocean of darkness and I drown in the night
till I come through the darkness to the ocean of light,
for the light is forever and the light it is free,
"And I walk in the glory of the light," said he.”

Sydney Carter (1915–2004) British musician and poet

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“When you come from a dark tunnel of life… and step by step you advance overcoming all obstacles, at the exit you will find your light.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Quando provieni da un oscuro tunnel della vita... e passo dopo passo avanzi superando tutti gli ostacoli, all'uscita troverai la tua luce.
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“But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please, and laugh at locksmiths.”

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