He whispered. "It is Jan."
The Silver Sword, Chapter 5, "The Goods Train"
“(In my sleep I dreamed this poem)
Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.”
Variant: Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
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“I tried to pass for nothing
But my dreams gave me away”
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“I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.”

“Destiny gave me only two things: a few accounting books and the gift of dreaming.”
Ibid.
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Duas coisas só me deu o Destino: uns livros de contabilidade e o dom de sonhar.

Cagliostro’s Letter to the English People (1787)

Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 95.