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> [I'm suspicious of dreams in books too. Because they're boring and too self-serving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/i-m-suspicious-of-dreams-in-books-too-because-they-re-boring-and-too/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

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## More by Jill Alexander Essbaum

> [“So rarely did Anna reach out for help that she wasn’t sure how to do it. Is that what I’m doing, asking for help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/so-rarely-did-anna-reach-out-for-help-that-she-wasn-t-sure-how-to-do/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [Sometimes, some of us in some things we do know better. When we know better, I think it's imperative that we do better. Otherwise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/sometimes-some-of-us-in-some-things-we-do-know-better-when-we-know/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [“Evanescent grace, you vanish as a vapor does, or love in open air.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/evanescent-grace-you-vanish-as-a-vapor-does-or-love-in-open-air/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [“I have no knack for volition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/i-have-no-knack-for-volition/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [ We \[people\] are made separate by the things we do or do not do. Responsibilities of all types curb us. Desire betrays us. No… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/we-people-are-made-separate-by-the-things-we-do-or-do-not-do/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [I do believe that dreams are interpretable. Analysis and praxis have taught me so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/i-do-believe-that-dreams-are-interpretable-analysis-and-praxis-have/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [“It doesn’t matter whether you believe in ghosts. The ghosts believe in you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/it-doesn-t-matter-whether-you-believe-in-ghosts-the-ghosts-believe-in/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [I'm suspicious of dreams in books too. Because they're boring and too self-serving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/i-m-suspicious-of-dreams-in-books-too-because-they-re-boring-and-too/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [“Four simple chambers. A thousand complicated doors. One of them is yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/four-simple-chambers-a-thousand-complicated-doors-one-of-them-is-yours/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [“That it ought to be known I was born this way, With indiscriminate tendencies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/that-it-ought-to-be-known-i-was-born-this-way-with-indiscriminate/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [I think it's important to let each thing you write teach you how to write it. You must listen to what you do. Let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/i-think-it-s-important-to-let-each-thing-you-write-teach-you-how-to/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

> [“It is your final gift to me: this room where I shall bleed and knit, as spinsters do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/it-is-your-final-gift-to-me-this-room-where-i-shall-bleed-and-knit-as/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

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