--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Waking, dreaming. She felt as if a woman…" description: "\"“Waking, dreaming. She felt as if a woman torn between two lovers - one of them calm, and sweet, and still and good, and the other magnificent, stone-m..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/gord-sellar-240349_darkness_waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-t_181685.jpg" --- # Waking, dreaming. She felt as if a woman torn between two… ![“Waking, dreaming. She felt as if a woman torn between two lovers - one of them calm, and sweet, and still and good, and the other magnificent, stone-muscled and taciturn and bold enough to seize her and pull her close to him in the darkness of the night.” quote by Gord Sellar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/gord-sellar-240349_darkness_waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-t_181685.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/gord-sellar-240349_darkness_waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-t_181685.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/gord-sellar-240349_darkness_waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-t_181685.jpg) > ““Waking, dreaming. She felt as if a woman torn between two lovers - one of them calm, and sweet, and still and good, and the other magnificent, stone-muscled and taciturn and bold enough to seize her and pull her close to him in the darkness of the night.”” Gord Sellar ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A woman torn between a calm, sweet lover and a bold, powerful one, seeking darkness and desire. **In simple terms:** Torn between calm sweetness and bold power. Key Takeaway Understand conflicting desires in love. Themes love conflict desire duality darkness Mood conflicted introspective Type personal relational When to use this quote - relationship counseling - self‑reflection - creative writing Key Concepts psychology romance inner conflict Questions to Reflect On - What draws you to each lover type? - How can you reconcile opposing desires? A Different Perspective Choosing one may sacrifice the other. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Darkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/) [Dreaming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreaming/) [Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Lovers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lovers/) [Two lovers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/two-lovers/) ## Related quotes > [“Torn between two lovers and the Mob closing in mission impossible”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-talmage/torn-between-two-lovers-and-the-mob-closing-in-mission-impossible/) Anthony Talmage > [“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. All right, it wasn’t Casablanca and Violet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/callie-harper/of-all-the-gin-joints-in-all-the-towns-in-all-the-world-she-walks/) [Callie Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/callie-harper/) > ['Torn between 2 Lovers' I love you but I can't be with you. You came to late into my life. My love is taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-rambharack/torn-between-2-lovers-i-love-you-but-i-can-t-be-with-you-you-came-to/) [Glen Rambharack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-rambharack/) > [One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/honor-de-balzac/one-can-imagine-the-look-the-two-lovers-exchanged-it-was-like-a-flame/) [Honore de Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/honor-de-balzac/) > [“True love has nothing to do with physical contacts. True love is bound with the souls of two lovers. There are no meetings or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/awwthentic/true-love-has-nothing-to-do-with-physical-contacts-true-love-is-bound/) [Awwthentic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/awwthentic/) > [ “The shrieks were coming from two quite naked girls, who were pursued by a pair of apes snapping at their bottoms. \[...\] So he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/the-shrieks-were-coming-from-two-quite-naked-girls-who-were-pursued/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-de-france/if-one-of-two-lovers-is-loyal-and-the-other-jealous-and-false-how-may/) [Marie de France](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-de-france/) > [I see your face Every thousand days In my dreams You come to me Oh! my worn out sleep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-kler/i-see-your-face-every-thousand-days-in-my-dreams-you-come-to-me-oh-my/) [Nick Kler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-kler/) > [I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-morgenstern/i-have-tried-to-let-you-go-and-i-cannot-i-cannot-stop-thinking-of-you/) [Erin Morgenstern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-morgenstern/) > [“I wither slowly in thine arms; here at the quiet limit of the world, a white hair'd shadow roaming like a dream.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-alfred-tennyson/i-wither-slowly-in-thine-arms-here-at-the-quiet-limit-of-the-world-a/) [Lord Alfred Tennyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-alfred-tennyson/) > [“They died together; they'll always be remembered together. It's decided, once and for all. He was hers. The rumors don't matter; they'll fade...People may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-serle/they-died-together-they-ll-always-be-remembered-together-it-s-decided/) [Rebecca Serle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-serle/) > [Two lovers in the rain have no need for an umbrella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/two-lovers-in-the-rain-have-no-need-for-an-umbrella/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [But it is just two lovers, holding hands and in a hurry to reach their car, their locked hands a starfish leaping through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-it-is-just-two-lovers-holding-hands-and-in-a-hurry-to-reach-their/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“INTERVIEWER Why don’t you write tragedy? BARTHELME I’m fated to deal in mixtures, slumgullions, which preclude tragedy, which require a pure line. It’s a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-barthelme/interviewer-why-don-t-you-write-tragedy-barthelme-i-m-fated-to-deal/) [Donald Barthelme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-barthelme/) > [“I have always felt that there is a triangular quality to every love affair. There are two lovers and a third element - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/i-have-always-felt-that-there-is-a-triangular-quality-to-every-love/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) ## More Darkness quotes > [“Narrative cannot sustain formlessness any more than light can sustain darkness - it is the antithesis of formlessness, and so it can never truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-krauss/narrative-cannot-sustain-formlessness-any-more-than-light-can-sustain/) [Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-krauss/) > [“Wait here, wait here!" he cried and jumped up and began to run for help toward a cluster of lights he saw in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/wait-here-wait-here-he-cried-and-jumped-up-and-began-to-run-for-help/) [Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/) > [Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/strange-is-it-not-that-of-the-myriads-who-before-us-passed-the-door/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-gordon-smith/when-you-re-scared-and-i-mean-really-scared-not-just-hearing-a-noise/) [Alexander Gordon Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-gordon-smith/) > [Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-zagajewski/clear-moments-are-so-short-there-is-much-more-darkness-more-ocean/) [Adam Zagajewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-zagajewski/) > [I even see the cinema itself as a woman, with its alternation of light and darkness, of appearing and disappearing images](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/federico-fellini/i-even-see-the-cinema-itself-as-a-woman-with-its-alternation-of-light/) [Federico Fellini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/federico-fellini/) > [I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-guess-he-ll-have-to-figure-out-someday-that-he-is-supposed-to-have/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“I promise to respect and protect your aloneness, knowing that everything created must have its period of darkness: child and bulb, poem and personality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/i-promise-to-respect-and-protect-your-aloneness-knowing-that/) [anne morrow lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [The beauty of darkness is how it lets you see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-rich/the-beauty-of-darkness-is-how-it-lets-you-see/) [Adrienne Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-rich/) > [“Even in darkness your lips taste of sunshine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-lia-block/even-in-darkness-your-lips-taste-of-sunshine/) [Francesca Lia Block](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-lia-block/) > [“Defy me not for gleam can only shine in my existence" said Darkness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/defy-me-not-for-gleam-can-only-shine-in-my-existence-said-darkness/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“What does he look like? The question was soft- tentative. I knew who he meant. I interlaced my fingers through Rhysand's and squeezed tightly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/what-does-he-look-like-the-question-was-soft-tentative-i-knew-who-he/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) > [The dream of coming back is becoming a reality. A lot of the uncertainty about the future has been cleared up. A lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-tagliabue/the-dream-of-coming-back-is-becoming-a-reality-a-lot-of-the/) [Paul Tagliabue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-tagliabue/) > [“Life is like coffee, the darker it gets, the more it energizes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ankita-singhal/life-is-like-coffee-the-darker-it-gets-the-more-it-energizes/) [Ankita Singhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ankita-singhal/) > [Twinking tears in a sea of black. Soft light in a world of darkness. Tiny wishes in a place of dreams. Do you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-gentile/twinking-tears-in-a-sea-of-black-soft-light-in-a-world-of-darkness/) Nicole Gentile [Browse all 8,219 Darkness quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Waking, dreaming. She felt as if a woman torn between two lovers - one of them calm, and sweet, and still and good, and the other magnificent, stone-muscled and taciturn and bold enough to seize her and pull her close to him in the darkness of the night.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gord Sellar" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gord-sellar/waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-torn-between-two-lovers-one-of/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Darkness" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gord-sellar/waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-torn-between-two-lovers-one-of/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/gord-sellar-240349_darkness_waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-t_181685.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/gord-sellar-240349_darkness_waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-t_181685.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/gord-sellar-240349_darkness_waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-t_181685.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Waking, dreaming. She felt as if a woman torn between two lovers - one of them calm, and sweet, and still…” — Gord Sellar", "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": "Gord Sellar", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gord-sellar/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“Waking, dreaming. She felt as if...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gord-sellar/waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-torn-between-two-lovers-one-of/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gord-sellar/waking-dreaming-she-felt-as-if-a-woman-torn-between-two-lovers-one-of/#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 } } ] } ```