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> [dreams must not take the place of actual life, nor constitute themselves a cowardly escape from it, but become rather a sanctuary in which the overdriven mind and nerves may take refuge, a country on the outer edge of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maude-meagher/dreams-must-not-take-the-place-of-actual-life-nor-constitute/)

[Maude Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maude-meagher/)

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## More by Maude Meagher

> [dreams must not take the place of actual life, nor constitute themselves a cowardly escape from it, but become rather a sanctuary in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maude-meagher/dreams-must-not-take-the-place-of-actual-life-nor-constitute/)

[Maude Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maude-meagher/)

> [happiness, unlike grief, does not clamor for a chronicler.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maude-meagher/happiness-unlike-grief-does-not-clamor-for-a-chronicler/)

[Maude Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maude-meagher/)

> [Dreams are only the image of outward things shown on an inward mirror. But the mirror is the soul's enclosing darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maude-meagher/dreams-are-only-the-image-of-outward-things-shown-on-an-inward-mirror/)

[Maude Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maude-meagher/)

> [Anyone one loves is a potential enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maude-meagher/anyone-one-loves-is-a-potential-enemy/)

[Maude Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maude-meagher/)

> [creative thought seems prone to flower in symbols before it ripens to fruit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maude-meagher/creative-thought-seems-prone-to-flower-in-symbols-before-it-ripens-to/)

[Maude Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maude-meagher/)

> [There is a special blessing in old clothes, and that aside from their comfort, for which especially they are to be cherished. They confer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maude-meagher/there-is-a-special-blessing-in-old-clothes-and-that-aside-from-their/)

[Maude Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maude-meagher/)

> [Civilization has developed executive powers far beyond its understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maude-meagher/civilization-has-developed-executive-powers-far-beyond-its/)

[Maude Meagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maude-meagher/)

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