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title: "8 Difference Dreaming Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [ONCE WHEN I WAS ninth grade i had to write a paper on a poem. One of the lines was"If your eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/once-when-i-was-ninth-grade-i-had-to-write-a-paper-on-a-poem-one-of/)

[Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/richelle-mead-46_analysis_once-when-i-was-ninth-grade-i-had-to-wri_925314.jpg)

> [“Rose once told me "If your eyes weren't open, you wouldn't know the difference between dreaming and waking." Adrian Ivashkov to Sydney…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/rose-once-told-me-if-your-eyes-weren-t-open-you-wouldn-t-know-the/)

[Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/)

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> [There's a difference between dreaming and doing. The dreamers just sit around and moon about how wonderful it would be if only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-robson/there-s-a-difference-between-dreaming-and-doing-the-dreamers-just-sit/)

[May Robson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-robson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/may-robson-79674_differences_there-s-a-difference-between-dreaming-an_1220878.jpg)

> [Dreams and waking life are both the same kinds of things. The difference is that dreaming is perceiving free of external constraints,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-laberge/dreams-and-waking-life-are-both-the-same-kinds-of-things-the/)

[Stephen LaBerge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-laberge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/stephen-laberge-18559_constraints_dreams-and-waking-life-are-both-the-same_1421783.jpg)

> [If your eyes weren't open, you wouldn't know the difference between dreaming and waking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/if-your-eyes-weren-t-open-you-wouldn-t-know-the-difference-between/)

[Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/richelle-mead-46_differences_if-your-eyes-weren-t-open-you-wouldn-t-k_2085479.jpg)

> [“courage is the difference between dreaming of the life you want and living the life of your dreams,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/courage-is-the-difference-between-dreaming-of-the-life-you-want-and/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/jon-gordon-1655_courage_courage-is-the-difference-between-dreami_2375779.png)

> [Rose once told me about this poem she’d read. There was this line, ‘If your eyes weren’t open, you wouldn’t know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/rose-once-told-me-about-this-poem-she-d-read-there-was-this-line-if/)

[Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/richelle-mead-46_differences_rose-once-told-me-about-this-poem-she-d_2630815.jpg)

> [Commitment is a line you must cross. . . . it is the difference between dreaming and doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-fuchs/commitment-is-a-line-you-must-cross-it-is-the-difference-between/)

[Bernie Fuchs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-fuchs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/bernie-fuchs-222898_commitment_commitment-is-a-line-you-must-cross-it-i_2823345.png)

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