„When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.“

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„When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes,
I was your son, high on your horse,
My mind a top whipped by the lashes
Of your rhetoric, windy of course.“
— Stephen Spender English poet and man of letters 1909 - 1995
On his father in "The Public Son of a Public Man" as quoted in TIMEmagazine (20 January 1986) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074981,00.html

„when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans“
— Tom Waits American singer-songwriter and actor 1949

„All your dreams are made / When you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade“
— Noel Gallagher British musician 1967
Morning Glory
„Stress ruthlessly puts out your dreams and robs you of your happiness. It can destroy your health, lead to tensions at home and ruin your career plans. It strikes when you are not at peace or uncomfortable with aspects of your life – and pretty much anything can bring it on.“
— Nigel Cumberland British author and leadership coach 1967

„If you can't sleep, I'll be there in your dreams. I'll be there in your dreams if you can't sleep at all.
And in your dreams, I'll touch your cheek
And lay my head on your shoulder.
Goodbye shadows“
— Zooey Deschanel American actress, musician, and singer-songwriter 1980
"If You Can't Sleep".

„They told us not to wish in the first place, not to aspire, not to try; to be quiet, to play nice, to shoot low and aspire not at all. They are always wrong. Follow your dreams. Make your wishes. Create the future. And above all, believe in yourself. That is the lesson of Babylon 5.“
— J. Michael Straczynski American writer and television producer 1954
From the Babylon 5 Calendar (1998).

„Clara:
Neighbours, dear friends, ye dream, ye dream : awake!
Gaze not on me with sadly wondering eyes,
I only bid you to your actual wish.
My voice is but the voice of your own hearts.“
— Letitia Elizabeth Landon English poet and novelist 1802 - 1838
The London Literary Gazette (7th March 1835)

„I would suggest that you tell yourselves that you will henceforth be able to remember dreams from the deeper levels of your personality, and you should find that you will be able to do so. You can also tell yourselves when you wish that you will give special attention to the nature of time and space, as these appear within your dreams. You will discover then upon awakening that many perceptions concerning time and space within the dream state will remain within you.“
— Jane Roberts American Writer 1929 - 1984
Session 174, Page 171

„When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay.“
— Margaret Fuller American feminist, poet, author, and activist 1810 - 1850
Libby Houston, in the poem "Gold" in Necessity (1988).