We Wake Quotes

99 quotes by 80 authors

When we wake up in the morning and we make decisions, these decisions come from the night, the night of eternity, our other side. — Frederick Lenz
There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness… — Anna Deavere Smith
Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made. — Bill Watterson
When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the drama ends. Then we wake from history and enter eternity. — Robert Anton Wilson
It seems like we wake up and it's a race until you get to bed. It gets to you after a while and you think,… — Steven Wright
We will all wake up semi-angels, If we wake at all. — Rod McKuen
It is astonishing just how much of what we are can be tied to the beds we wake up in in the morning, and it… — Neil Gaiman
We sleep to time's hurdy-gurdy; we wake, if ever we wake, to the silence of God. And then, when we wake to the deep shores… — Annie Dillard
I am human. Like all humans, I do not remember my birth. By the time we wake up to ourselves, we are little children, and… — Diane Setterfield
Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to… — Henry James
Anyone who says, â€œHereâ€™s my address, write me a poem,â€ deserves something in reply. So Iâ€™ll tell you a secret instead: poems hide. In the… — Naomi Shihab Nye
And yet, and yet, in these our ghostly lives, Half night, half day, half sleeping, half awake, How if our waking life, like that of… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
It is not futile to do what we do. We wake up with energy and we do something. And we make, of course, failures and… — John Cage
Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake… — C.S. Lewis
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don't open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer.… — Unknown Author
We wake up one day and find we have lost our dreams in order to protect our days. — Kent Nerburn
Maybe I'm dreaming you. Maybe you're dreaming me; maybe we only exist in each other's dreams and every morning when we wake up we forget… — Audrey Niffenegger
We wake, if we ever wake at all, to mystery, rumors of death, beauty, violence... — Annie Dillard
I'm telling you, people. Everyday we wake up is another blessing. Follow your dreams and don't let anyone stop you. Never say never. — Justin Bieber

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