Émile Durkheim (1858–1917) French sociologist (1858-1917)
Source: The Division of Labor in Society (1893), p. 129 (in 1933 edition, lushqoutes https://lushquotes.com/dream-quotes-collection-part-6/)
“Things seemed to go back and forth between reality and imagination--except that it was all reality.”
— Gary Paulsen, book Hatchet
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