--- title: "1 Day Dream Quotes By Iain Pears" description: "1 Day Dream quotes by Iain Pears. Plus more from Iain Pears and more Day Dream sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/iain-pears-9652_bigger-and-better_the-next-day-was-a-dream-of-such-perfect_158836.jpg" --- > [“The next day was a dream of such perfection that I have never approached the like again. It was, of course, all illusion, but I like to think of it still in isolation from what came after,as a moment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/the-next-day-was-a-dream-of-such-perfection-that-i-have-never/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/iain-pears-9652_bigger-and-better_the-next-day-was-a-dream-of-such-perfect_158836.jpg) ## More by Iain Pears > [“Odd, don't you think? I have seen war, and invasions and riots. I have heard of massacres and brutalities beyond imagining, and I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/odd-don-t-you-think-i-have-seen-war-and-invasions-and-riots-i-have/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [“The next day was a dream of such perfection that I have never approached the like again. It was, of course, all illusion, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/the-next-day-was-a-dream-of-such-perfection-that-i-have-never/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer wishes him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/and-a-more-foolish-notion-can-scarcely-be-imagined-it-being-obvious/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [I learned that I' have to be detached if I was ever to achieve anything at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/i-learned-that-i-have-to-be-detached-if-i-was-ever-to-achieve/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [“And here was the moment. The end of it all, for civilization was merely another name for friendship, and friendship was coming to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/and-here-was-the-moment-the-end-of-it-all-for-civilization-was-merely/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis alone, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/when-all-this-is-over-people-will-try-to-blame-the-germans-alone-and/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [“Considering he was neither priest nor scholar, the young man gave sensible, thoughtful replies -- the more so, perhaps, for being untrained, for he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/considering-he-was-neither-priest-nor-scholar-the-young-man-gave/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [“Felix had gone to live in a lotus land of his imagination. Where what is desired is dreamed of as already happened, where obstacles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/felix-had-gone-to-live-in-a-lotus-land-of-his-imagination-where-what/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [In my small way, I preserved and catalogued, and dipped into the vast ocean of learning that awaited, knowing all the time that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/in-my-small-way-i-preserved-and-catalogued-and-dipped-into-the-vast/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [“Aunt Gertie could not tell the difference between 1928 and now. Uncle Joseph was dead and alive. In other words, she grasped the essential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/aunt-gertie-could-not-tell-the-difference-between-1928-and-now-uncle/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [“I cannot remember a single painting, although I do remember trying hard to be deeply impressed by them at the time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/i-cannot-remember-a-single-painting-although-i-do-remember-trying/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [“It was, for the time being, an empty threat, and he must have sensed it also, for he laughed easily and with contempt. “You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/it-was-for-the-time-being-an-empty-threat-and-he-must-have-sensed-it/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/shame-i-do-believe-is-the-most-powerful-emotion-known-to-man-most/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [“Politics bores you?" Bronsen said. Julien smiled. "It does. Apologies, sir, and it is not that I haven't tried to be fascinated. But careful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/politics-bores-you-bronsen-said-julien-smiled-it-does-apologies-sir/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) > [“The world was full of such madmen in those days. Imprisonment is not the way to deal with such people; half measures merely feed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/the-world-was-full-of-such-madmen-in-those-days-imprisonment-is-not/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day-dream/iain-pears/#itemlist", "name": "1 Day Dream Quotes By Iain Pears", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The next day was a dream of such perfection that I have never approached the like again. 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