"In the end dreams became his life, and his whole life thereafter took a strange turn: one might say he slept while waking and watched while asleep."

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Source : Nikolai Gogol (2011). “The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol”, p.262, Vintage

Nikolai Gogol

#Dream Quotes #Might Quotes #Waking Quotes

“A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you're young. But you can't let money erode your principles or you'll wind up with nothing.”
“Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.”
“You look at where you're going and where you are and it never makes sense, but then you look back at where you've been and a pattern seems to emerge.”
“Italy cannot beat you but you can lose to Italy.”
“Many people never reach greater because they don't leave good enough behind.”
“The artist is the antenna of the race.”
“What you think and do today determines how tomorrow is going to be.”

Source : Marshall Sylver (1997). “Passion Profit Power”, p.55, Simon and Schuster
“I am up and about when I am ill, and in the most appalling weather. I am on horseback when other men would be flat out on their beds, complaining. We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills.”

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