“Dreams, you know, are what you wake up from.”

“What's wrong with living in a dream world? You have to wake up.”

“What are you, Rose Hathaway? Are you real? You're a dream within a dream. I'm afraid touching you will make me wake up. You'll disappear.”

“I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.”

“Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.”

“When you graduate from college, they tell you to follow your dreams. Does anyone say you have to wake up first?”

“The secret is not to dream," she whispered. "The secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have woken up and I am real. I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me any more. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine.”

“That’s the nice thing about dreams, the way you wake up before you fall.”

“Some dreams are best not to wake up from.”

“The Fastest way to make you dream come true is to wake up!”