Dream Quotes by Carl Sandburg

10 Dream quotes by Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg’s ten short reflections on dreams offer a quick taste of his lyrical approach to the night’s inner world. Though the list is brief, each line carries the cadence of his broader poetic voice.

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Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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The drum in a dream pounds loud to the dreamer.

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Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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Nothing happens... but first a dream.

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There are dreams stronger than death. Men and women die holding these dreams.

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Poetry is any page from a sketchbook of outlines of a doorknob with thumb-prints of dust, blood, dreams.

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And those who say, "I'll try anything once," often try nothing twice, three times, arriving late at the gate of dreams worth…

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And even now she beats her head against the bars in the same old way and wonders if there is a bigger…

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Lips half-willing in a doorway. Lips half-singing at a window. Eyes half-dreaming in the walls. Feet half-dancing in a kitchen. Even the…

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All we need to begin with is a # dream that we can do better than before. All we need to have…

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Gather the stars if you wish it so Gather the songs and keep them. Gather the faces of women. Gather for keeping years and…

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Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

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Two bubbles found they had rainbows on their curves. They flickered out saying: "It was worth being a bubble, just to have held that…

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Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations.

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There are ten men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.

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The drum in a dream pounds loud to the dreamer.

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“Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that…

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Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

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a women is like a tea bag.it's only when she is in hot water that you realize how strong she is.

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My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.

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Rest is not a word of free people. Rest is a monarchical word.

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