"Dreams are stories made by and for the……" — Siri Hustvedt

"Dreams are stories made by and for the dreamer, and each dreamer has his own folds to open and knots to untie."

— Siri Hustvedt

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92 Quotes by Siri Hustvedt

Siri Hustvedt has 92 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in.
I've often thought that one of us is what we imagine, that each of us normalizes the terrible strangeness of…
Dreaming is another form of thinking, more concrete, more economical, more visual, and often more emotional than the thoughts of…
Memory offers up its gifts only when jogged by something in the present. It isn't a storehouse of fixed images…
The recollections of an older man are different from those of a younger man. What seemed vital at forty may…
Widowers marry again because it makes their lives easier. Widows often don't, because it makes their lives harder. [p. 61]
Libraries are sexual dream factories. The langour brings it on.
Not telling is just as interesting as telling I have found. Why speech, that short verbal journey from inside to…
We chart delusions through collective agreement.
The fictive is an emormous territory it turns out, its boundaries vague, and there is little certainty about where it…
The logic: Reading is a private pursuit, one that often takes place behind closed doors. A young lady might retreat…
Correlation is not cause, it is just a 'music of chance'.

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More Dream Quotes

This quote is filed under Dream Quotes, one of 12,500 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream… — Neil Armstrong
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Learn from your dreams what you lack. — Wystan Hugh Auden
It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true. — Roger Babson
True love stories never have endings. — Richard Bach
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have… — Richard Bach
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the… — Gaston Bachelard

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