“One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.”

— Jean Cocteau

"Du Rêve" in La Difficulté d’Etre [The Difficulty of Being] (1947)

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French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager … 1889–1963

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