“It can take years to mold a dream. It takes only a fraction of a second for it to be shattered.”
Source: The Kiss of Deception
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young-adult fiction writer 1955Related quotes

“They say it only takes an instant to have a dream; a dream can be compressed into hardtack.”
Source: Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather (2005), p. 110, from "buying a fishing rod for my grandfather"

“The only thing that shatters dreams is compromise.”
Source: The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story
“Start taking bad decisions and it will take you to a place where others only dream of being.”
Source: Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite

“During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams”

As quoted in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988) by James Beasley Simpson; also quoted in Running on Empty: Meditations for Indispensable Women (1992) by Ellen Sue Stern, p. 235
Paraphrased variants: The most important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second disastrous.
Take your work seriously, but never yourself.