Nightmares Quotes

277 Nightmares quotes by 225 unique authors

Dreams were the worst. Of course I dreamed of food and love, but they were pleasant rather than otherwise. But then I'd dream of things… — Elizabeth Bishop
Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged… — Yann Martel
Unfortunately, a superabundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares — Peter Ustinov
...even the most horribl e of nightmares is laced with the promise of dawn. — Richard Paul Evans
When we hold each other, in the darkness, it doesn't make the darkness go away. The bad things are still out there. The nightmares still… — Neil Gaiman
I woke up once in the middle of the night, and Buckminster's paws were on my eyelids. He must have been feeling my nightmares. — Jonathan Safran Foer
I walked away exhilarated by my success, because there's nothing like making a difference in someone's life, even if that difference is a lifetime of… — Marilyn Manson
Lately, I have been having nightmares, where I'm cut into so many pieces that there isn't enough of me to be put back together. — Jodi Picoult
Tereza had gone back to sleep; he could not. He pictured her death. She was dead and having terrible nightmares; but because she was dead,… — Milan Kundera
I could tell that Mom was dreaming, but I didn't want to know what she was dreaming about, because I had enough of my own… — Jonathan Safran Foer
All I wanted was a little piece of life, to be married, to have children.... I was trying my damnedest to lead a conventional life,… — Anne Sexton
Love is the greatest of dreams, yet the worst of nightmares. — William Shakespeare
All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. Her… — Toni Morrison
Mom," said Peter, "nobody thinks you're a lackwit, if that's what you're worried about." Lackwit? In what musty drawer of some dead English professor's dust-covered… — Orson Scott Card
Only Hungry Joe had something better to do each time he finished his missions. He had screaming nightmares and won fist fights with Huple's cat. — Joseph Heller
He is a great enough magician to tap our most common nightmares, daydreams and twilight fancies, but he never invented them either: he found them… — Peter S. Beagle
Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her,… — Markus Zusak
That's not such a bad thing,' he said to me. 'In nightmares we can think the worst. That's what they're for, I guess. — Stephen King
I've a pocket full of dreams to sell," said Teddy, whimsically,... "What d'ye lack? What d'ye lack? A dream of success--a dream of adventure--a dream… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
The nightmares arrived like they always did, much like the best player in the opposition when you've heard rumors that he might be injured or… — Markus Zusak
You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so… — Carl Sagan
I had come to discover that "safe" was an illusion, a pretense that adults wrapped around their children- and sometimes themselves- to make the world… — Holly Lisle
They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams, of phrases spoken in nightmares. — Joseph Conrad
Nothing chased nightmares away faster than the rustle of printed paper. — Cornelia Funke
The city was asleep on its right side and shaking with violent nightmares. Long puffs of snoring came out of the chimneys. Its feet were… — Anais Nin

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