This post is prompted by a comment exchange with a blogger whose writing I like, but whose blog I rarely show up to her as I’m subscribed to her posts by email – that should redeem me, right? —> anneschilde.wordpress.com
Anyway, in answer to a question of mine, she expressed that she’s planning to publish her book as an e-book, but dreams about having it published traditionally. I headed out to find some quotes on ‘dreaming’, and truly, when do you take out the time to thank God and/or Tim Berners-Lee for the inter-webs? I came up with lots, and these left me feeling pretty inspired – and probably more accident prone.
“I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
“All (wo)men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
― T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.”
― Gloria Steinem
“Promise me you’ll never stop dreaming.”
― Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi
It’s probably pretty obvious by now that I live with my head in the clouds. I’m a dreamer. It’s the only way to be.
“And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must… they must go nuts. I can’t imagine that.”
― Stephen King
Dreams are important to make life feel like living. But at some point, dreams need to become goals and then reality, or we’re likely to quit dreaming. So I guess as our old dreams fade (hopefully because we’ve achieved them), we find new ones.
Nice quotes.
Thanks Carrie, I agree. At some point they need to become reality. Remember that old country song? ‘Don’t fall in love with a dreamer?’ You do, and you just might starve…or something else to that effect.
Haha. Yes, wise words.
I loved every one of those quotes and the time you took to share them, even more, Kat. ♥ I never read Lawrence’s quote before. Steinem’s… practically a mantra!
“the dreamers of the day are dangerous [wo]men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
Wow! Go, girl!
You know I want to add myself to that list!
“If you believe you’ve had a dream, you probably have. If a dream believes it’s had you… well, then, and only then, you have given yourself to the power life offers us.”
~ Anne Schilde
Good stuff, good stuff…*Added to the list!*
Reblogged this on Anne Schilde and commented:
Something, I’ve never done before… only the second reblog of my “whateverwedohere” and it’s non-fiction. EVERYONE! Kat is one of the big reasons, I am who I am. We live in different worlds, but her reality, her posts, her comments, her stories, the struggles she faces for no other reason than geography… she is a part of my soul! ♥ Read her if you have a minute…
I love these quotes…thank you for bringing them all together!
Thank you purpleborough, I’m glad you like them.
Hi Kat,
thought you might like to know my real name!
I’m Linda
Yes, thank you Linda. Pleasure to make your acquaintance.
The other day I thought of dreaming as maybe part of that will to survive.
Like hoping? Yes, I would agree.