Whatever doesn't really happen is dreamed at night. It happens to one if it doesn't happen to another, tomorrow if not today, or a century hence if not next year.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Imagination compensates for reality by unfolding events that never physically occurred.
- In plain terms
- Things that don't happen in real life get dreamt or imagined later.
- What can you take from it?
- Use imagination to process events that never happen.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do dreams process reality?
- What happens to unrealized possibilities?
Another view
Dreams do not alter actual historical facts.
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