"Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams."

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Source : Lady Murasaki, Murasaki Shikibu, Arthur Waley (2000). “The Tale of Genji”, p.5, Courier Corporation

Murasaki Shikibu

#Dream Quotes #Real Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“When I teach people, I marry them.”
“You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time”

Source : Brian De Palma, Laurence F. Knapp (2003). “Interviews”, p.179, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world-not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind.”
“Well, we can skip childhood because I didn't have any. Not one goddam moment on the Good Ship Lollipop.”
“All I worried about was what Owings was doing to me, instead of what I was doing to him. When you start worrying about that stuff, you're going down the wrong path.”
“You either create something and you keep it a secret and you die with it, or you can benefit the craft.”

Source : "Vidal Sassoon: Fresh Hair On 'Fresh Air'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 10, 2011.
“Did you read the part that says, 'Your hair is like a flock of goats'? How romantic is that? Or that other line, 'Your neck is like the tower of David.' Oh, now, that sounds real attractive! If some guy tried those lines on me, I'm sure I'd fall instantly in love with him.”
“I'm not the Carter who'll never tell a lie.”

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