„O dream on your black wingsyou come when I am sleeping.Sweet is the god but still I amin agony and far from my strength.for I had hope (none now) to sharesomething of the blessed gods,nor was I so foolishas to scorn pleasant toys.Now may I haveall these things.“

— Sappho

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„Sweet is the god but still I amin agony and far from my strength.“
— Sappho
„O dream on your black wingsyou come when I am sleeping.“
— Sappho
„You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope… I have loved none but you.“
— Jane Austen
„When I sleep I sleep and do not dream because it is as well that I am what I seem when I am in my bed and dream.“
— Gertrude Stein
„Today, I went to sleep under a plum tree. There, I dreamed I was a butterfly, flying so pleasently. Then, I fell asleep, and the dream ended. Now- I have to ask myself - am I Zhuang Zi who dreamed of a butterfly? Or am I that butterfly, dreaming I am Zhuang Zi?“
— Zhuangzi
„I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.“
— Vincent Van Gogh
„I was the walrus, but now I am John… and so my friends, you'll just have to carry on. The dream is over.“
— John Lennon