Quotation by

Wallace Stevens

Death is the mother of Beauty hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

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Wallace Stevens suggests that beauty gains its true meaning and value because of death, implying that the presence of death gives life its depth and urgency. Only through the reality of death can our dreams and desires find their ultimate expression and completion.

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I would go to bed every night and have dreams about having a time machine and somehow I'd have the ability to move through time and space freely, and save Anne Frank.

There are no dreams too large, no innovation unimaginable and no frontiers beyond our reach.

I'll see you in my dreams.

When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay.

Tell me about yourself - your struggles, your dreams, your telephone number.

Don't be afraid of your dreams.