--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the…" description: "\"And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to see if her husband was asleep, all the beds were occupied. The children waited for her cry o..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/anonymous-1_bed_and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the_1935999.jpg" --- # And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to… ![“And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to see if her husband was asleep, all the beds were occupied. The children waited for her cry of joy, but it did not come. She saw them, but she did not believe they were there. You see, she saw them in their beds so often in her dreams that…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/anonymous-1_bed_and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the_1935999.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/anonymous-1_bed_and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the_1935999.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/anonymous-1_bed_and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the_1935999.jpg) > “And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to see if her husband was asleep, all the beds were occupied. The children waited for her cry of joy, but it did not come. She saw them, but she did not believe they were there. You see, she saw them in their beds so often in her dreams that she thought this was just the dream hanging around her still.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A mother’s grief blinds her to the reality of her children’s presence, mixing dream and waking life. **In simple terms:** Grief can make reality feel like a dream. Key Takeaway Recognize grief’s distortion and seek clarity. Themes grief dreams perception parenthood Mood sad confused reflective Type literary emotional When to use this quote - parental loss - nighttime anxiety - dream interpretation - seeking truth Key Concepts psychology loss memory Questions to Reflect On - How does grief alter your perception of everyday events? - What steps can help differentiate dream from reality? A Different Perspective Dreams may not reflect reality; emotional pain can obscure facts. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Bed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bed/) [Beds Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beds-dreams-3058164/) [Beds Occupied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beds-occupied-3058166/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Children Waited](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children-waited-3058165/) [Cry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cry/) [Darling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darling/) [Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/) [Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) [Dreams Thought](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams-thought-973459/) [Hanging around](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hanging-around/) [Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/) [Husband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/husband/) [Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/joy/) [Marriage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marriage/) [Night](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/night/) [Nurse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nurse/) [Nursery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nursery/) [Saws](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/saws/) [Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stills/) ## Related quotes > [Dreams, I thought. They're the riches of a poor person, stashed in treasure chests buried deeply in the imagination. But are dreams enough?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/dreams-i-thought-they-re-the-riches-of-a-poor-person-stashed-in/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Am I the only one with dreams here. I thought your dreams were my dreams and that you wanted what I wanted - so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/am-i-the-only-one-with-dreams-here-i-thought-your-dreams-were-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/very-young-children-eat-their-books-literally-devouring-their/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [the association of children and fairy-stories is an accident of our domestic history. Fairy-stories have in the modern lettered world been relegated to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-association-of-children-and-fairy-stories-is-an-accident-of-our/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/happy-is-he-who-still-loves-something-he-loved-in-the-nursery-he-has/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-happen-to-read-fairy-tales-you-will-observe-that-one-idea-runs/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-do-more-with-a-castle-in-a-story-than-with-the-best-cardboard/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The serious people who took him seriously never felt quite sure of his deportment; they were somehow aware that trusting their reputations for judgment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-serious-people-who-took-him-seriously-never-felt-quite-sure-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-didn-t-mind-how-he-looked-to-other-people-because-the-nursery/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they're not afraid of wolves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/boys-like-peter-are-afraid-of-alot-of-things-like-nuclear/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Mr. and Mrs. Darling and Nana rushed into the nursery too late. The birds were flown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/mr-and-mrs-darling-and-nana-rushed-into-the-nursery-too-late-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I left the fairy tales lying on the floor of the nursery, and I have not found any books so sensible since.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-left-the-fairy-tales-lying-on-the-floor-of-the-nursery-and-i-have/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Religions are often state-protected nurseries of pseudoscience, although there's no reason why religions have to play that role. In a way, it's an artefact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/religions-are-often-state-protected-nurseries-of-pseudoscience/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [As readers, we remain in the nursery stage so long as we cannot distinguish between taste and judgment, so long, that is, as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-readers-we-remain-in-the-nursery-stage-so-long-as-we-cannot/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [There are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-two-ways-of-dealing-with-nonsense-in-this-world-one-way-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Bed quotes > [When man of slender visits you / Nothing on earth that one can do / In well he’ll hide, or watery hole / And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-goldstein/when-man-of-slender-visits-you-nothing-on-earth-that-one-can-do-in/) [Jack Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-goldstein/) > [Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-raphael/your-idea-of-fidelity-is-not-having-more-than-one-man-in-bed-at-the/) [Frederic Raphael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-raphael/) > [The beginning of love is all about the butterflies, but the end of it is when you can't get out of bed in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-swift/the-beginning-of-love-is-all-about-the-butterflies-but-the-end-of-it/) [Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-swift/) > [Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/home-is-behind-the-world-ahead-and-there-are-many-paths-to-tread/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I wish I had as much in bed as I get in the newspapers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-ronstadt/i-wish-i-had-as-much-in-bed-as-i-get-in-the-newspapers/) [Linda Ronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-ronstadt/) > [ Leave a cavity behind the \[wall\] facings, and on the inside build walls two feet thick, made of red dimension stone or burnt brick… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/leave-a-cavity-behind-the-wall-facings-and-on-the-inside-build-walls/) [Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/) > [Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/why-couldn-t-jesus-command-us-to-obsess-over-everything-to-try-to/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“To all the secret writers, late-night painters, would-be singers, lapsed and scared artists of every stripe, dig out your paintbrush, or your flute, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shauna-niequist/to-all-the-secret-writers-late-night-painters-would-be-singers-lapsed/) [Shauna Niequist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shauna-niequist/) > [“In the parking lot, she drove and parked in a dark area with no other cars around. She reclined her seat, and listened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tao-lin/in-the-parking-lot-she-drove-and-parked-in-a-dark-area-with-no-other/) [Tao Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tao-lin/) > [It wasn't really touching to be young; it was touching not to be young, because you had less of life left. Touching to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-macaulay/it-wasn-t-really-touching-to-be-young-it-was-touching-not-to-be-young/) [Rose Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-macaulay/) > [I have to meditate before I go to bed, always. I have to let the day go and let the eternal in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bellamy-young/i-have-to-meditate-before-i-go-to-bed-always-i-have-to-let-the-day-go/) [Bellamy Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bellamy-young/) > [Sometimes by a woodland stream he watched the water rush over the pebbled bed, its tiny modulations of bounce and flow. A woman's body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/sometimes-by-a-woodland-stream-he-watched-the-water-rush-over-the/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) > [I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-mansell/i-think-life-is-full-of-challenges-and-problems-i-don-t-believe-that/) [Nigel Mansell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-mansell/) > [When I saw him I thought I could curl up inside him and go to sleep and never wake up." "Men are no good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/when-i-saw-him-i-thought-i-could-curl-up-inside-him-and-go-to-sleep/) [Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/) > [I always wanted to be a movie star. I thought it meant being famous and having breakfast in bed. I didn't know you had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/june-allyson/i-always-wanted-to-be-a-movie-star-i-thought-it-meant-being-famous/) [June Allyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/june-allyson/) [Browse all 4,159 Bed quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bed/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to see if her husband was asleep, all the beds were occupied. The children waited for her cry of joy, but it did not come. She saw them, but she did not believe they were there. You see, she saw them in their beds so often in her dreams that she thought this was just the dream hanging around her still.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the-night-nursery-to-see-if-her/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Bed" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the-night-nursery-to-see-if-her/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/anonymous-1_bed_and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the_1935999.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/anonymous-1_bed_and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the_1935999.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/anonymous-1_bed_and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the_1935999.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And so when Mrs. Darling went back to the night-nursery to see if her husband was asleep, all the beds were…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "And so when Mrs. Darling went...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the-night-nursery-to-see-if-her/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-so-when-mrs-darling-went-back-to-the-night-nursery-to-see-if-her/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```