--- title: "9 Moment Waking Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Moment Waking quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Moment Waking sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/veronica-rossi-1545_dream_a-good-dream-was-something-you-clung-to_321803.png" --- > [A good dream was something you clung to until the last moment before waking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-rossi/a-good-dream-was-something-you-clung-to-until-the-last-moment-before/) [Veronica Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-rossi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/veronica-rossi-1545_dream_a-good-dream-was-something-you-clung-to_321803.png) > [“We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream : it may be so at the moment after death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-hawthorne/we-sometimes-congratulate-ourselves-at-the-moment-of-waking-from-a/) [Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-hawthorne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/nathaniel-hawthorne-461_death_we-sometimes-congratulate-ourselves-at-t_1012100.jpg) > [“Writers don’t get time off. Every moment - waking or sleeping - a writer is working, observing, thinking and creating.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graeme-roberts/writers-don-t-get-time-off-every-moment-waking-or-sleeping-a-writer/) [Graeme Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graeme-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/graeme-roberts-101449_every-moment_writers-don-t-get-time-off-every-moment_823172.jpg) > [the mysterious moment of death proves to be a moment of waking. How one longs to take it for one's self!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/the-mysterious-moment-of-death-proves-to-be-a-moment-of-waking-how/) [Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f84/sarah-orne-jewett-10338_death_the-mysterious-moment-of-death-proves-to_3131625.jpg) > [At the moment of waking up, before getting out of bed, get in touch with your breath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/at-the-moment-of-waking-up-before-getting-out-of-bed-get-in-touch/) [Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/nhat-hanh-515_bed_at-the-moment-of-waking-up-before-gettin_1147095.png) > [“For a moment, upon waking, he had NO idea at all who he was. It was a tremendously liberating feeling, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/for-a-moment-upon-waking-he-had-no-idea-at-all-who-he-was-it-was-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/neil-gaiman-29_identity_for-a-moment-upon-waking-he-had-no-idea_820227.jpg) > [“There is a moment between waking and sleeping and between sleeping and waking when the mind seems to be in many places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-d-lachlan/there-is-a-moment-between-waking-and-sleeping-and-between-sleeping/) [M.D. Lachlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-d-lachlan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/m-d-lachlan-52846_dreams_there-is-a-moment-between-waking-and-sle_1192992.jpg) > [It requires enormous presence of mind or rather quickness of wit, when opening your eyes to seize hold as it were of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/it-requires-enormous-presence-of-mind-or-rather-quickness-of-wit-when/) [Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/franz-kafka-214_deflecting_it-requires-enormous-presence-of-mind-or_2731674.jpg) > [“For a moment, upon waking, he had no idea at all who he was. It was a tremendously liberating feeling, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/for-a-moment-upon-waking-he-had-no-idea-at-all-who-he-was-it-was-a-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/neil-gaiman-29_time_for-a-moment-upon-waking-he-had-no-idea_2072112.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moment-waking/#itemlist", "name": "Moment Waking Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A good dream was something you clung to until the last moment before waking.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Veronica Rossi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-rossi/a-good-dream-was-something-you-clung-to-until-the-last-moment-before/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/veronica-rossi-1545_dream_a-good-dream-was-something-you-clung-to_321803.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/veronica-rossi-1545_dream_a-good-dream-was-something-you-clung-to_321803.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/veronica-rossi-1545_dream_a-good-dream-was-something-you-clung-to_321803.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A good dream was something you clung to until the last moment before waking.” — Veronica Rossi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream : it may be so at the moment after death.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nathaniel Hawthorne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-hawthorne/we-sometimes-congratulate-ourselves-at-the-moment-of-waking-from-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/nathaniel-hawthorne-461_death_we-sometimes-congratulate-ourselves-at-t_1012100.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/nathaniel-hawthorne-461_death_we-sometimes-congratulate-ourselves-at-t_1012100.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/nathaniel-hawthorne-461_death_we-sometimes-congratulate-ourselves-at-t_1012100.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream : it may be so at the…” — Nathaniel Hawthorne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Writers don’t get time off. 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