"His ambition was to insert his dreams into the world, and if they were the wrong dreams, then he would dream them in solitude."

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Source : Steven Millhauser (2011). “We Others: New & Selected Stories”, p.238, Vintage

Steven Millhauser

#Dream Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Solitude Quotes

“The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.”
“If woman's sole responsibility is of the domestic type, one class will be crushed by it, and the other throw it off as a badge of poverty. The poor man's motto, 'Woman's work is never done,' leads inevitably to its antithesis - ladies' work is never begun.”
“An honorable man will not be bullied by a hypothesis.”

Source : The Natural History of Nonsense A Tale of a Tub
“Anxiety is secretive. He does not trust anyone, not even his friends, Worry, Terror, Doubt and Panic ... He likes to visit me late at night when I am alone and exhausted. I have never slept with him, but he kissed me on the forehead once, and I had a headache for two years.”
“But understand that I want to remain alone, truly alone, so I can precede my face, my voice, my hell without anyone telling me which is the best path, without anyone laughing at the giant's wings and the dwarf's legs that impede my gait.”
“The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.”
“We have now armed to such an extent as the world has never before seen.”
“You know, all writers are vampires and they'll look around and they watch you when you're not even thinking they're watching you and they'll slip stuff in.”

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