--- title: "1 Dream Told Quotes By Monica Drake" description: "1 Dream Told quotes by Monica Drake. Plus more from Monica Drake and more Dream Told sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/monica-drake-30225_american-dream_to-read-happy-talk-is-to-crash-a-party-a_1175504.png" --- > [To read 'Happy Talk' is to crash a party as vivid and surreal as Felini's 8. It's the business of show business, the American dream, told by a chorus of Americans locked just outside of that dream, outside of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/to-read-happy-talk-is-to-crash-a-party-as-vivid-and-surreal-as-felini/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/monica-drake-30225_american-dream_to-read-happy-talk-is-to-crash-a-party-a_1175504.png) ## More by Monica Drake > [“I asked the cardiologist why an electrocardiogram was called an EKG, instead of an ECG. He said, "Nazis. Nazis invented the machine." After he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/i-asked-the-cardiologist-why-an-electrocardiogram-was-called-an-ekg/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [In the middle of a wrist's suicide slash-line, below the layered skin and above the pulse, there's an acupuncture point that says, “Get back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/in-the-middle-of-a-wrist-s-suicide-slash-line-below-the-layered-skin/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [“I whispered, "Do you have a rubber?" He laughed, hushed, a laughing whisper, as though his parents were in the next room, and reached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/i-whispered-do-you-have-a-rubber-he-laughed-hushed-a-laughing-whisper/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [“The day Travis met Lu he was in his best suit—dark blue, pinstripes, a necktie. Women his age would see right through his sweat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/the-day-travis-met-lu-he-was-in-his-best-suit-dark-blue-pinstripes-a/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [To read 'Happy Talk' is to crash a party as vivid and surreal as Felini's 8. It's the business of show business, the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/to-read-happy-talk-is-to-crash-a-party-as-vivid-and-surreal-as-felini/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [In the middle of a wrist's suicide slash-line, below the layered skin and above the pulse, there's an acupuncture point that says, Get back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/in-the-middle-of-a-wrist-s-suicide-slash-line-below-the-layered-skin-2/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [“Which on am I?" I drew my left eyebrow in a high, puzzled arch. "Which what?" Crack reached for her makeup kit. "Bottom or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/which-on-am-i-i-drew-my-left-eyebrow-in-a-high-puzzled-arch-which/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [The only value of wasted time is knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/the-only-value-of-wasted-time-is-knowledge/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [The Buddhists say if you meet somebody and your heart pounds, your hands shake, your knees go weak, that’s not the one. When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/the-buddhists-say-if-you-meet-somebody-and-your-heart-pounds-your/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [“She didn’t call. That was good. If she called, she’d have a chance to cancel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/she-didn-t-call-that-was-good-if-she-called-she-d-have-a-chance-to/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [“Buying kids booze was against the law but hell, it wasn’t the worst thing he’d done. After that, it turned into a thing—they’d see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/buying-kids-booze-was-against-the-law-but-hell-it-wasn-t-the-worst/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [“Playing Frisbee gave Sean permission to look at Lu, across a short distance. He didn’t have to feel stupid for staring.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/playing-frisbee-gave-sean-permission-to-look-at-lu-across-a-short/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [Maybe da Vinci didn’t serve lamb in his painting of the Last Supper, but there was room for interpretation. Jesus himself was the lamb…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/maybe-da-vinci-didn-t-serve-lamb-in-his-painting-of-the-last-supper/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [“I kneeled in front of the E M T chair, in front of the mirror on the medicine cabinet, and wiped the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/i-kneeled-in-front-of-the-e-m-t-chair-in-front-of-the-mirror-on-the/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) > [When life sucks, throw yourself into art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-drake/when-life-sucks-throw-yourself-into-art/) [Monica Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-drake/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream-told/monica-drake/#itemlist", "name": "1 Dream Told Quotes By Monica Drake", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To read 'Happy Talk' is to crash a party as vivid and surreal as Felini's 8. 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