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> [Even if you know you're sleeping, you're still at the mercy of your dreams. People who are asleep can't simply decide to wake up. Nightmares don't let you off that easily. They hold you in their clutches until they decided,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/even-if-you-know-you-re-sleeping-you-re-still-at-the-mercy-of-your/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

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## More by Steven James

> [“Think of a caterpillar entering a cocoon. Once he does so, one of two things will happen: He will either transform into a butterfly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/think-of-a-caterpillar-entering-a-cocoon-once-he-does-so-one-of-two/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [Change is not always a good thing. What I need is not change from one thing to another but transformation from who I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/change-is-not-always-a-good-thing-what-i-need-is-not-change-from-one/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [“Patrick: How do you know so much about dating? You're a teenage girl. Tess: Because I'm a teenage girl.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/patrick-how-do-you-know-so-much-about-dating-you-re-a-teenage-girl/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [Violence can behave like a disease. That insight gives a different frame of reference that is designed to take the judgment out of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/violence-can-behave-like-a-disease-that-insight-gives-a-different/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [“Do you know how to turn someone into a monster?” “I’m not sure. No.” “Let him be himself without restraint.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/do-you-know-how-to-turn-someone-into-a-monster-i-m-not-sure-no-let/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [Here is the paradox of the thing we call freedom: the farther we wander from God and the more we try to break free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/here-is-the-paradox-of-the-thing-we-call-freedom-the-farther-we/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [“Jesus being born as a baby was God's way of laughing at a world trying to grow up too quickly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/jesus-being-born-as-a-baby-was-god-s-way-of-laughing-at-a-world/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [“Part of living is acknowledging people’s pain and grief, but not letting it take over your heart. Though it’s always nighttime in the depths,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/part-of-living-is-acknowledging-people-s-pain-and-grief-but-not/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [“Live each moment, each precious moment that you have. Live each one as if it were your last. And your first. Miss”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/live-each-moment-each-precious-moment-that-you-have-live-each-one-as/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [Christianity is wild. It’s intimate. It’s heartbreaking and soul-mending. It’s the wings to rise above the everyday and hope of a honeymoon with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/christianity-is-wild-it-s-intimate-it-s-heartbreaking-and-soul/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [Plastic people flashing fake smiles at a pretend world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/plastic-people-flashing-fake-smiles-at-a-pretend-world/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [“I am a caged bird, rattling the bars of my cage, with furious flutterings, break my chains! Free my spirit! Let me fly with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/i-am-a-caged-bird-rattling-the-bars-of-my-cage-with-furious/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [God dances with the outcast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/god-dances-with-the-outcast/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [“Well, I don’t know for sure if it’s still there, but when we lived in Minnesota, we would drive through Janesville to get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/well-i-don-t-know-for-sure-if-it-s-still-there-but-when-we-lived-in/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

> [The gifts of the Master are these: freedom, life, hope, new direction, transformation, and intimacy with God. If the cross was the end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/the-gifts-of-the-master-are-these-freedom-life-hope-new-direction/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

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