“When you sleep, your dream world is as real to you as life, isn’t it?”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) American fiction writer
Source: What Dreams May Come: A Novel
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Falling Free (1988), Chapter 8 (p. 152)
“When you sleep, your dream world is as real to you as life, isn’t it?”
Richard Matheson (1926–2013) American fiction writer
Source: What Dreams May Come: A Novel
“Real dialogue isn’t about talking to people who believe the same things as you.”
Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017) Polish philosopher and sociologist
“Real music soars above class society.”
Beth Anderson (1950) American neo-romantic composer
Beauty is Revolution (1980)
“Isn’t ‘not to be bored’ one of the principal goals of life?”
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) French writer (1821–1880)
Source: Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
“Looking at yourself in a mirror isn’t exactly a study of life.”
Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) American actress, model
As quoted in The Daily Mail (1 November 1990)
Theresa May (1956) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech declaring bid for the Conservative Party leadership http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-mays-tory-leadership-launch-statement-full-text-a7111026.html (30 June 2016)
Issa Rae (1985) American actress and writer
Source: On how her adolescent experiences partly shaped Insecure in “Issa Rae: ‘I’ve not started writing season four of Insecure yet. We needed a break’” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/13/issa-rae-interview-insecure-little in The Guardian (2019 Apr 13)