“You can be a depressive and be happy, just as you can be a sober alcoholic.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“I think about how sometimes, no matter how convinced you are that your life will turn out a certain way, all that certainty can be washed away with a simple change in tide.”
― It Ends with Us
― It Ends with Us
“Whether story-like or absurd, whether obviously relevant or not, dreams remind artists that, even when they feel blocked, the ability to create fictional worlds still resides within them.”
― Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey
― Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey
“Exceptionally creative people may be naturally prone to vivid dreaming; high dream recall is correlated with habits and personality traits often shared by artists, such as “openness to experience,” “tolerance of ambiguity,” an inclination toward fantasy, and a tendency to daydream. People who remember their dreams every night tend to have an easier time of losing themselves in projects and are likelier to agree with statements like “I am full of ideas” and “I am interested in abstractions.”
― Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey
― Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey
“A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
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