--- title: "2 Bad dream Quotes By Rachel Van Dyken" description: "2 Bad dream quotes by Rachel Van Dyken. Plus more from Rachel Van Dyken and more Bad dream sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/rachel-van-dyken-1239_bad-dream_watching-someone-you-love-die-there-are_1040498.jpg" --- > [“Watching someone you love… die? There are no words for how broken that makes a person. It’s like waking up from a bad dream only to find out that it’s you reality, it’s like watching sunlight fade from the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/watching-someone-you-love-die-there-are-no-words-for-how-broken-that/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/rachel-van-dyken-1239_bad-dream_watching-someone-you-love-die-there-are_1040498.jpg) > [“I kept a picture of us in my pillowcase like an absolute nutjob. She’d had it in her pocket the day of the accident. I wanted it as close to my face as possible when I slept every night. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/i-kept-a-picture-of-us-in-my-pillowcase-like-an-absolute-nutjob-she-d/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/rachel-van-dyken-1239_bad-dream_i-kept-a-picture-of-us-in-my-pillowcase_2195297.jpg) ## Other authors on Bad dream - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-margaret-atwood-63354.jpg) Margaret Atwood 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-dream/margaret-atwood/) ## More by Rachel Van Dyken > [“You think I don’t notice,” I said, smirking. “But I see what you and your Kindle do at night.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/you-think-i-don-t-notice-i-said-smirking-but-i-see-what-you-and-your/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“Watching someone you love go through difficult times is like being trapped in your own body but paralyzed. You want to yell at them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/watching-someone-you-love-go-through-difficult-times-is-like-being/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“love ice cream, I love pancakes, I love the color blue — bullshit. Because when I said love — I meant I bled for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/love-ice-cream-i-love-pancakes-i-love-the-color-blue-bullshit-because/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“Maybe it's not in the perfection of life that things make sense, but in the chaos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/maybe-it-s-not-in-the-perfection-of-life-that-things-make-sense-but/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“Wherever I am, whatever I'm doing, alive or dead, young or old, my heart will always be with yours. Every beat you feel against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/wherever-i-am-whatever-i-m-doing-alive-or-dead-young-or-old-my-heart/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“Moments with a girl like that? I knew they were one in a million and I was on a mission to capture them all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/moments-with-a-girl-like-that-i-knew-they-were-one-in-a-million-and-i/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“Just don’t give him your everything — not until you know the return will be the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/just-don-t-give-him-your-everything-not-until-you-know-the-return/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“Sometimes I wonder if we ever truly let anyone completely in. The desire for another human being to know you, all of you, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/sometimes-i-wonder-if-we-ever-truly-let-anyone-completely-in-the/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“The man has a mouth on him, let me tell you. His kiss could get a girl pregnant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/the-man-has-a-mouth-on-him-let-me-tell-you-his-kiss-could-get-a-girl/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“The danger is never in loving someone — but losing your identity in the process.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/the-danger-is-never-in-loving-someone-but-losing-your-identity-in-the/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“We don’t know what’s going to happen, but I can make a promise to you right now. Your hand’s going to be in mine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/we-don-t-know-what-s-going-to-happen-but-i-can-make-a-promise-to-you/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“It’s important to keep your options open. It’s important to live and not get so hung up on the past. The past is called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/it-s-important-to-keep-your-options-open-it-s-important-to-live-and/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“After all, what girl wants to fall in love with a boy who doesn’t come to her rescue when she needs it most?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/after-all-what-girl-wants-to-fall-in-love-with-a-boy-who-doesn-t-come/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“Sometimes,when life gets hard, and people make you angry or even when you're scared, the best response is laughter.Laugh in the face of fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/sometimes-when-life-gets-hard-and-people-make-you-angry-or-even-when/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) > [“Evil never died down. It simply went into hibernation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-van-dyken/evil-never-died-down-it-simply-went-into-hibernation/) [Rachel Van Dyken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-van-dyken/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-dream/rachel-van-dyken/#itemlist", "name": "2 Bad dream Quotes By Rachel Van Dyken", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Watching someone you love… die? There are no words for how broken that makes a person. It’s like waking up from a bad dream only to find out that it’s you reality, it’s like watching sunlight fade from the sky, like watching death suck the one you love dry, and being powerless to stop it. You may as well try to stop the waves from rolling in, or the sun from rising.In the end, the waves will roll, the sun will set, and death will come. 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