“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
“We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we're awake.”
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, book The Angel's Game
Source: The Angel's Game
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