“
The realisation that limitations are imaginary will make you strong and overpowering.
”
”
Stephen Richards (Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free)
“
I used to dream of a spellbinding, endless, forever romance. A beautiful story of meeting a person who could change your whole world.
But now, I realised, friendship could be that too.
”
”
Alice Oseman (Loveless)
“
Finishing a book is bittersweet. You spend days getting to know the characters. Learning their nuances, their faults, their loves, their lives. They become your friends, acquaintances, enemies. And after the story ends, you miss them. You look for them in your own life, wonder where they’ve gone, you forget that they aren’t real. You fall in love with the hero and dream of him at night. The strange girl becomes your best friend. Their heartaches become your heartaches. You laugh when they laugh. And cry when they die. Eventually you realise they aren’t a part of your world, you were just briefly visiting theirs.
”
”
Whimsical Enlightenment
“
Limitations are like mirages created by your own mind. When you realise that limitation do not exist, those around you will also feel it and allow you inside their space.
”
”
Stephen Richards (Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free)
“
God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks on to the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else - something it never entered your head to conceive - comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing; it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last for ever. We must take it or leave it.
”
”
C.S. Lewis
“
What if you could meet your soul mate?" the ghost asked. "You 'd want to avoid that?"
"Hell, yes. The idea that there's one soul out there, waiting to merge with mine like some data-sharing program, depresses the hell out of me."
"It's not like that. It's not about losing yourself."
"Then what is it?" Alex was only half listening, still occupied with the viselike tightness of his chest.
"It's like your whole life you 've been falling toward the earth, until the moment someone catches you. And you realise that somehow you 've caught her at the same time. And together, instead of falling, you might be able to fly.
”
”
Lisa Kleypas (Dream Lake (Friday Harbor, #3))
“
Success is within reach of all people, but you can grasp it only when you realise the power within you.
”
”
Stephen Richards (Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free)
“
In reality there are no limitations. They are vibrant and changeable to whatever form you want them to take to realise your goals.
”
”
Stephen Richards (Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free)
“
Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. That way, we avoid all the risks, frustrations and difficulties, and when we are old, we can always blame other people - preferably our parents, our spouses or our children - for our failure to realise our dreams.
”
”
Paulo Coelho (Eleven Minutes)
“
One day you're something, so promising and full o' dares, so big the world's too small a place to hold you. Then, 'fore you know it, you're old, and you realise all them things you had in mind you'll never get to. All them doors you felt too big to fit through have already shut. Only one left open and it leads to nothing but nothing.
”
”
Joe Abercrombie (Red Country)
“
It is possible for you to realise your dream as a scientist, you must be a passionate learner and curious enough to seek this wonderful career path.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
“
Circumstances, knowledge or birth do not determine the realisation of your desires. It is only you who are blocking the achievement of your dreams and goals.
”
”
Stephen Richards (Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free)
“
It could be yesterday
when I was less in love
I think
For I didn’t see you in the mirror
behind me
while getting dressed.
The way your hands couldn’t stay away
and our bodies always found their ways back to each other
as if they were meant to be together
Close.
But then it was today and I saw you
again
in the mirror
behind me while getting dressed
So I go to sleep tonight
alone
without actually falling asleep because I’m scared of the moment I will wake up
and realise it was just a dream
You’re actually gone.
Now all I can do is get through to another tomorrow
hoping that I will be less in love
again
Like yesterday
But not today.
I was never really well with things at all.
”
”
Charlotte Eriksson
“
When you act on your beliefs, the realisation that happens is caused by you and this will in turn lead to a consequence.
”
”
Stephen Richards (Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free)
“
Every vision has its own rainbow; The day you realise your vision you'll see your rainbow.
”
”
Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma (Guru with Guitar)
“
Time spent for temporary happiness like movie or outing or weekend on a beach is all synthetic; with shelf life of a day or two. Work for your bigger dreams that should last for whole life. Then movie and beach would seem more interesting, realising that you have done something.
”
”
Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma (Guru with Guitar)
“
Once you become aware of your impending death, you have to make a compromise in accepting the loss of the life you wish you could have led and the reality of your imminent death. Sure, there will always be regrets and broken dreams, but you have to go easy on yourself. Over the last few days, I’ve come to realise that there is certain beauty in those regrets, they are proof of having lived. Maybe I will regrets some of my decisions when the moment comes, but that’s ok, No matter how you slice it, life is full of regrets anyway.
I was never able to be myself completely or live my life exactly how I wanted to, I am not even sure if I ever figure out what exactly being myself and living out my dreams really meant. So I guess I am going to die with all those failures and regrets, all those unfulfilled dreams, all the people I’ve never met, all the things I’ve never tasted and all the places I’ve never been. I am taking all that with me to my grave, and I am ok with that. In the end, I am satisfied with who I am and the life I’ve lived, I am just happy to have been here at all.
”
”
Genki Kawamura (世界から猫が消えたなら [Sekai kara Neko ga Kietanara])
“
You stayed strong in those moments of your life. You were alone. You battled loneliness. And you somehow discovered your inner calm and survived!
Now you deserve the happiness that you have been denying yourself for so long. Enjoy the moment. You are getting closer to realising your dreams!
”
”
Avijeet Das
“
My dearest friend Abigail, These probably could be the last words I write to you and I may not live long enough to see your response but I truly have lived long enough to live forever in the hearts of my friends. I thought a lot about what I should write to you. I thought of giving you blessings and wishes for things of great value to happen to you in future; I thought of appreciating you for being the way you are; I thought to give sweet and lovely compliments for everything about you; I thought to write something in praise of your poems and prose; and I thought of extending my gratitude for being one of the very few sincerest friends I have ever had. But that is what all friends do and they only qualify to remain as a part of the bunch of our loosely connected memories and that's not what I can choose to be, I cannot choose to be lost somewhere in your memories. So I thought of something through which I hope you will remember me for a very long time. I decided to share some part of my story, of what led me here, the part we both have had in common. A past, which changed us and our perception of the world. A past, which shaped our future into an unknown yet exciting opportunity to revisit the lost thoughts and to break free from the libido of our lost dreams. A past, which questioned our whole past. My dear, when the moment of my past struck me, in its highest demonised form, I felt dead, like a dead-man walking in flesh without a soul, who had no reason to live any more. I no longer saw any meaning of life but then I saw no reason to die as well. I travelled to far away lands, running away from friends, family and everyone else and I confined myself to my thoughts, to my feelings and to myself. Hours, days, weeks and months passed and I waited for a moment of magic to happen, a turn of destiny, but nothing happened, nothing ever happens. I waited and I counted each moment of it, thinking about every moment of my life, the good and the bad ones. I then saw how powerful yet weak, bright yet dark, beautiful yet ugly, joyous yet grievous; is a one single moment. One moment makes the difference. Just a one moment. Such appears to be the extreme and undisputed power of a single moment. We live in a world of appearance, Abigail, where the reality lies beyond the appearances, and this is also only what appears to be such powerful when in actuality it is not. I realised that the power of the moment is not in the moment itself. The power, actually, is in us. Every single one of us has the power to make and shape our own moments. It is us who by feeling joyful, celebrate for a moment of success; and it is also us who by feeling saddened, cry and mourn over our losses. I, with all my heart and mind, now embrace this power which lies within us. I wish life offers you more time to make use of this power. Remember, we are our own griefs, my dear, we are our own happinesses and we are our own remedies.
Take care!
Love,
Francis.
Title: Letter to Abigail
Scene: "Death-bed"
Chapter: The Road To Awe
”
”
Huseyn Raza
“
I believe there are two ways to love your life, Penny. The first is to work hard to change your life when you feel unsatisfied.'
'That seems about right.' Penny nods.
'The second option may look easier, but is actually more difficult. And even if you do change your life through the first option, you must ultimately get through the second to be at complete peace.'
'And what is that?'
'To accept your life as it is and be grateful. It's easier said than done. But if you can do it, I believe this will help you realise happiness has just been around the corner.
”
”
Lee Mi-ye (DallerGut Dream Department Store (DallerGut Dream Department Store, #1))
“
Fear of failure prevents you from realising your dreams of success.
”
”
Habeeb Akande
“
Belief is the strongest power you can bring to bear in order to realise your dreams.
”
”
Steven Redhead (The Solution)
“
sometimes when you follow your dreams, you realise they aren't free and the cost is far greater than you ever anticipated
”
”
Vi Keeland (Dirty Letters)
“
Reaching the goal is never the real goal.
Facing challenges, overcoming them and realising your inner strengths while attempting a goal, is the true goal.
”
”
Manoj Arora (Dream On)
“
You want the truth?"
"With you, maybe the lie is better this time. Your version of the truth is a bit brutal for my taste."
"Okay. Lies it is. I don't miss you."
"Lie. I'm happy without you." He sighs. "I don't think of you at all. I don't wake up every morning, dreaming you're there, only to realise none of it is real. Lies, lies, lies.
”
”
Lauren Asher (Wrecked (Dirty Air, #3))
“
You push people away, Marley. You don't realise it, but you do. You close yourself off to anyone and anything that doesn't fit in your perfect little hamster ball of life. But you can't experience love only on your own terms. It doesn't work that way.
”
”
Kate Lattey (Dream On)
“
All great people had critics but they still believe in the beauty of their dreams, fully persuaded to stay focused and determined for the realisation
of their dreams.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
“
Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life love knocks our doors, enters our lives & changes it forever. You start believing in dreams, you start making wishes & you start to trust your heart even more! That love holds your hands & makes you feel you are safer than ever; that love makes you believe that nothing can go wrong now; and oh that warm hug, which makes you want to spend your entire life then & there!
That’s when you realise you are not living an ordinary life, but it’s a fairytale!
”
”
Anamika Mishra (VoiceMates)
“
The assumption of the wish fulfilled is the ship that carries you over the unknown seas to the fulfillment of your dream. The assumption is everything; realisation is subconscious and effortless.
”
”
Neville Goddard (The Power of Awareness)
“
The highest kind of writing—which must not be confused with
the most ambitious kind…belongs to the realm of grace. Talent is
part of it, certainly; a thorough understanding of the secret laws,
absolutely. But finding the subject and theme which is in perfect
harmony with your deepest nature, your forgotten selves, your hidden
dreams, and the full unresonated essence of your life—now that
cannot be reached through searching, nor can it be stumbled upon
through ambition. That sort of serendipity comes upon you on a
lucky day. It may emerge even out of misfortune or defeat. You may
happen upon it without realising that this is the work through
which your whole life will sing. We should always be ready. We
should always be humble. Creativity should always be a form of
prayer.
”
”
Ben Okri
“
In all that we lose, we rediscover a hidden part of ourselves. Loss is a road toward self discovery because it is only when we are stripped back to nothing, that we realise how truly valuable we are.
”
”
Christine Evangelou (Stardust and Star Jumps: A Motivational Guide to Help You Reach Toward Your Dreams, Goals, and Life Purpose)
“
Why is God landing in this enemy-occupied world in disguise and starting a sort of secret society to undermine the devil? Why is He not landing in force, invading it? Is it that He is not strong enough? Well, Christians think He is going to land in force; we do not know when. But we can guess why He is delaying. He wants to give us the chance of joining His side freely. I do not suppose you and I would have though much of a Frenchman who waited till the Allies were marching into Germany and then announced he was on our side. God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks on to the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else -something it never entered your head to conceive- comes crasing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will be God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing: it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever. We must take it or leave it.
”
”
C.S. Lewis (The Case for Christianity)
“
I realised no-one will come in to rescue me. I just had to step out somehow, and make my dreams come true.
”
”
Moffat Machingura (Life Capsules for Success: 50 Energy Capsules to Speed Boost You Towards Your Success, Now!)
“
Go forward and fulfil your dream.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
“
Let the world know your dreams, my friend; realise them!
”
”
Mehmet Murat ildan
“
Every stage of life is a chapter of a book.
You must begin writing your life book.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
“
You have the power to realise your dream. If only you are willing and determined.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
“
With self-confidence and self-commitment, you will realise your dream.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
“
The deep sigh that you give,when you realise your dream is not just something in your head, but it is obtainable, because someone believes in you and gives you the strength to strive forward.
”
”
Jenni Boyd
“
...there is beauty that hits the eye like a bolt of lightning, that burns and sears and blinds. It is more disaster than pleasure. But yours, yours is a beauty that lulls one into comfort, into not protecting one's eyes from the light, then one night you realise that the moon, too, has its beauty.
”
”
Laurell K. Hamilton (Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #12))
“
We have time for everything:
to sleep, to run from one place to another,
to regret having mistaken and to mistake again,
to judge the others and to forgive
ourselves
we have time for reading and writing,
for making corrections to our texts, to regret ever having
written
we have time to make plans and time not to respect them,
we have time for ambitions and sicknesses,
time to blame the destiny and the details,
we have time to watch the clouds, advertisements or
some ordinary accident,
we have time to chase our wonders away
and to postpone the answers,
we have time to break a dream to pieces and then
to reinvent it,
we have time to make friends, to lose friends,
we have time to receive lessons and forget them afterwards,
we have time to receive gifts and not to understand them.
We have time for them all.
There is no time for just a bit of tenderness.
When we are aware about to do this we die.
I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you;
All you can do is to be a loved person.
the rest … depends on the others.
I’ve learned that as much as I care
others might not care.
I’ve learned that it takes years to earn trust
and just a few seconds to lose it.
I’ve learned that it does not matter WHAT you have in your life
but WHO you have.
I’ve learned that your charm is useful for about 15 minutes
Afterwards, you should better know something.
I’ve learned that no matter how you cut it,
everything has two sides!
I’ve learned that you should separate from your loved ones with warm words
It might be the last time you see them!
I’ve learned that you can still continue for a long time after saying you cannot continue anymore
I’ve learned that heroes are those who do what they have to do,
when they have to do it,
regardless the consequences
I’ve learned that there are people who love
But do not know how to show it !
I’ve learned that when I am upset I have the RIGHT to be upset
But not the right to be bad!
I’ve learned that real friendship continues to exist despite the distance
And this is true also for REAL LOVE !!!
I’ve learned that if someone does not love you like you want them to
It does not mean that they do not love you with all their heart.
I’ve learned that no matter how good of a friend someone is for you
that person will hurt you every now and then
and that you have to forgive him.
I’ve learned that it is not enough to be forgiven by others
Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
I’ve learned that no matter how much you suffer,
The world will not stop for your pain.
I’ve learned that the past and the circumstances might have an influence on your personality
But that YOU are responsible for what you become !!!
I’ve learned that if two people have an argument it does not mean that they do not love each other
I’ve learned that sometimes you have to put on the first place the person, not the facts
I’ve learned that two people can look at the same thing
and can see something totally different
I’ve learned that regardless the consequences
those WHO ARE HONEST with themselves go further in life.
I’ve learned that life can be changed in a few hours
by people who do not even know you.
I’ve learned that even when you think there is nothing more you can give
when a friend calls you, you will find the strength to help him.
I’ve learned that writing just like talking can ease the pains of the soul !
I’ve learned that those whom you love the most
are taken away from you too soon …
I’ve learned that it is too difficult to realise where to draw the line between being friendly, not hurting people and supporting your oppinions.
I’ve learned to love
to be loved.
”
”
Octavian Paler
“
I go to bed. I straighten your hair. I close my eyes just as your perfume hits me. I tell you how my day went. I hear your plans for tomorrow. I realise it's been years since you were there. I open my eyes, wipe a tear, close them again and dream you were here.
”
”
Esteban Urayoán
“
You can do anything you set your mind to. You’re a human being, full of so many different thoughts and emotions; you’re the most powerful force in your universe. So when you realise that the absolute worst that could happen to you is death, wouldn’t you rather die knowing you did your best you lived your life in the most amazing way? You followed your dreams, you found your purpose and you served the rest of mankind simply by being the best person you can be? Or would you prefer to die with the regret of everything that you didn’t make time to do?
”
”
K.A. Hill (The Winners' Guide)
“
For me to simply tell you to find your life’s purpose, would only worsen your anxiety, not make it better. But that’s not what I want you to do. I simply want you to realise that there is something to be found. That your calling is still out there, and that’s why you might be unhappy.
”
”
S.R. Crawford (From My Suffering: 25 Ways to Break the Chains of Anxiety, Depression & Stress)
“
Believe in yourself and one day you will realise why you never gave up!
”
”
Avijeet Das
“
Reach out to your great spirit and soul.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
“
Awaken the divinity within thy soul.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
“
The first step to success is knowing that you failed to do something because many people don't even realise. Second step is to take a first step towards making your dreams true.
”
”
Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma (Guru with Guitar)
“
If you can dream it, you can make it a reality. The possibility lies in your ability, enthusiasm and hardwork to realise it.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
“
The only limit to the realisation of our goals will be lack of enthusiasm.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
“
What others say or do is a projection of their own dreams and their own insecurities. Once you fully realise that, you can let go and begin to focus on your own dreams and succeed.
”
”
Itayi Garande (Reconditioning: Change your life in one minute)
“
You’ve suffered a long time, yet you continue to stay, not because it’s easy but because you don’t want to hurt the people around you. Every day of your life so far, despite the pain, you have chosen to stay. People rarely talk about this side of suicide, but every time you make that decision not to end things, you’re making a sacrifice that most people can’t even begin to understand. You’re not a coward, you are not taking the ‘easy way out.’ You’re fighting a battle every single day, and you’re doing it out of love. I don’t think you realise just how brave that is. Not only is it an act of incredible selflessness, but it is something quite extraordinary.
”
”
Rebecca Ryder (The Dream To End All Dreams)
“
But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks on to the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else—something it never entered your head to conceive—comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will be God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing: it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last for ever. We must take it or leave it.
”
”
C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)
“
The musical phrasing and the recurring melody were somehow familiar, like something I’d heard in a dream or the dreamtime or which simply races unknown through your blood. And then I realised what it was. It was the chant to the Tadpole Angel.
”
”
Bryce Courtenay (The Power of One: The iconic novel from the multimillion-copy bestselling author)
“
In a century or two this planet will have been destroyed by external cosmic forces or by the senseless activity of the human race. Human life is a freak phenomenon, soon to be blotted out. That is a consoling thought. Meanwhile we are surrounded by strange invisible entities, possibly your angels."
"I hope so."
"Ah, you think they are good, they cannot be good, there is no good, the tendency to evil is overwhelming. One has only to think of the horrors of sex, its violence, its cruelty, its filthy vulgarity, its descent into bestial degradation. You had better go and dream in your monastery."
"Would you come and visit me there?"
"Of course not. I do not visit. Only, unfortunately, am sometimes visited."
"You don't want to discuss — you know — what happened? My priest said — "
"No."
"I care about how you are, I love you."
"You still fail to realise how this sort of talk sickens me. Now please go. This will do for a welcome home scene. Tell them not to come. I desire to be left alone.
”
”
Iris Murdoch (The Green Knight)
“
AWAKENING To open both your drowsy eyes, To stretch your limbs and realise That day is here. To watch the dancing, shifting beam Of sun, awake yet half in dream, Uncertain if the fitful gleam Be far or near. To turn with soft, contented sigh, And through the window watch the sky, All opal blue. To feel the air steal in the room, Made fragrant by the soft perfume Of lime-trees, when their scented bloom Is damp with dew. To hear the rustling voice of leaves, The chirp of birds beneath the eaves, But now awake. The tiny hum of timid things That fly with gauzy, fragile wings, Where yet the dusk to daylight clings, When mornings break. To feel the soul look forth and smile, Contented with each fruitful mile That it beholds. To hear the heart beat loud and strong, In unison with Nature's song, That echoes tremulous and long While dawn unfolds. To know yourself a thing complete, With strength of mind and limb replete, With vast desire; A creature made to dominate The lesser things of earth, a fate On whom the universe must wait, With force entire. And then to cry in deep delight God made the world and made it right; Dear Heaven above! Was ere completeness so complete, Was ever sweetness half so sweet, Was ever loving half so meet; Thank God for love.
”
”
Radclyffe Hall (The Poetry Of Radclyffe Hall - Volume 2 - 'Twixt Earth and Stars: "…we're all part of nature, some day the world will recognise this…")
“
Usually before a dream becomes reality, we tend to think we’ll wish for nothing else if only the dream is realised. Imagine how you’d feel if you always remembered that your dream has already been fulfilled. Everything that comes after would be like a lovely bonus.
”
”
Baek Se-hee (I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki)
“
The journey to the realisation of your dreams is difficult; you will have to climb the mountains of despair, brave the storms of self doubt, be resolute in the winds of ridicule but the in the very end you will get a kind of self satisfaction that no one can take away from you
”
”
rassool jibraeerl snyman
“
Truth: I realised there is no escaping reality but dreaming changes the perception of what it was to what it can become
C’mon now dream on dream big dream slow dream bright
Let your dreams flow let them take flight
Only your dreams alone can and will always show you the light
”
”
Lebogang Lynx Bopape
“
The day you realise what small, incremental progress can achieve over a period of time, you would agree that SMALL is actually BIG, very BIG !!
If you increase your daily productivity by just 1%, you end up doing 37.7 times more work by the end of the year - yes 37.7 times.
1 x 1 x 1.....365 times = 1
1.01 x 1.01 x 1.01 ...... 365 times = 37.7
Same way, Financial Freedom Planning is just the beginning.
But only those who continue to go through the grind, track their financial freedom journey month on month - for years together, manifest the true power of SMALL !
”
”
Manoj Arora (Dream On)
“
To realise your ambitions, you must take a few minutes each day to meditate on your ultimate goal, not doing anything, just thinking about it. You must try to imagine how you will feel when you achieve your dreams, and that feeling is like a memo in the mind reminding your subconscious to stay the course.
”
”
Chloe Thurlow (The Secret Life of Girls)
“
Oak puts a hand on my arm. I startle.
'You all right?' he asks.
'When they first took me from the mortal world to the Court of Teeth, Lord Jarel and Lady Nore tried to be nice to me. They gave me good things to eat and dressed me in fancy dresses and told me that I was their princess and would be a beautiful and beloved queen,' I tell him, the words slipping from my lips before I can call them back. I occupy myself with searching deeper in the closet so I don't have to see his face as I speak. 'I cried constantly, ceaselessly. For a week, I wept and wept until they could bear it no more.'
Oak is silent. Though he knew me as a child, he never knew me as that child, the one who still believed the world could be kind.
But then, he had sisters who were stolen. Perhaps they had cried, too.
'Lord Jarel and Lady Nore told their servants to enchant me to sleep, and the servants did. But it never lasted. I kept weeping.'
He nods, just a little, as though more movement might break the spell of my speaking.
'Lord Jarel came to me with a beautiful glass dish in which there was flavoured ice,' I tell him. 'When I took a bite, the flavour was indescribably delicious. It was as though I were eating dreams.'
'You will have this every day if you cease you're crying,' he said.
'But I couldn't stop.
'Then he came to me with a necklace of diamonds, as cold and beautiful as ice. When I put it on, my eyes shone, my hair sparkled, and my skin shimmered as though glitter had been poured over it. I looked wondrously beautiful. But when he told me to stop crying, I couldn't.
'Then he became angry, and he told me that if I didn't stop, he would turn my tears to glass that would cut my cheeks. And that's what he did.
'But I cried until it was hard to tell the difference between tears and blood. And after that, I began to teach myself how to break their curses. They didn't like that.
'And so they told me I would be able to see the humans again- that's what they called them, the humans- in a year, for a visit, but only if I was good.
'I tried. I choked back tears. And on the wall beside my bed, I scratched the number of days in the ice.
'One night I returned to my room to find the scratches weren't the way I remembered. I was sure it had been five months, but the scratches made it seem as though it had been only a little more than three.
'And that was when I realised I was never going home, but by then the tears wouldn't come, no matter how much I willed them. And I never cried again.'
His eyes shone with horror.
”
”
Holly Black (The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1))
“
Why wish for something that will never be? It ends in nothing but heartbreak. We wish, then we think about how things would be if our wishes came true. And we feel happy thinking about those things. But then we wake up and realise that our wishes don’t have wings. And it hurts because all the happiness that we thought of, was never real. Hold on to what you have, try to find your happiness in what is, rather than what should or could have been.
”
”
Faraaz Kazi (More Than Just Friends)
“
Pay attention to your dreams and follow them closely to where they may lead you. No matter how crazy or seemingly impossible they appear — to you or the world. Yet, be open to the possibility that the road, even the destination will likely be different than what you had imagined. Then it matters not what actually happens. For the journey becomes the destination, constantly metamorphosing with each and every step along the way. You see, taking a bold leap into the unknown means trusting that you will either land on a feathered bed or you will come to realise that you can fly, perhaps toward undreamed of heights. This, as I conceive, is what flowing through a full life entails: Acknowledging the risks of seeking to materialise your dreams, courageously embracing the uncertainty rather than fearing it, and confidently going for the jump anyway. Abandon the comfort. Float away. Adjust the sails according to the Winds of Change.
”
”
Omar Cherif
“
To do what I wish to. To not do what I do not wish to. The freedom to be where I want to be – to go wherever the thoughts go. And, the freedom to not be where I do not want to be: Happiness!
Every human deserves that freedom. The freedom to be free even while alive – Nirvana, Moksha, Paradise and such are for the dead. The freedom to not kill yourself for your soul to rest in peace.
You realise there is no magical figure to earn, until which you put off living your dreams. Just as there is no right age to be true to one’s self, or to living one’s life. You realise that the magic is in the living, not in any particular figure. And that the best age is your current age; and the best time – now.
”
”
Rasal (I Killed the Golden Goose : A COLLECTION OF THOUGHTS, THOUGHTLESSNESS, SILENCES, POEMS & SOME ‘SHOT’ STORIES)
“
Remember that once we were all the children of tomorrow's light and hope.
Someone, somewhere dreamed of you even before you were born.
We have already met in a thousand wishes or more.
As the nights pass and the days turn into sand,
Let us remember our gentleness and the beauty of our soul.
Never forget that our faces have been kissed by a hundred Angels welcoming us into this world.
A thousand moments have flown past our eyes and with each caress of the wind, it carries a prayer, whispering...
Oh how I miss you.
Many of our tears have fallen and we have all stood with regret holding our hand and loneliness laying beside us.
Even when the distant memories come and knock at the doors of our heart,
Each one remind us of the embraces we shared with those we love.
But do not fear dear ones,
True love never dies, it lives beyond time and space, it lives forever.
Our souls will always be connected,
We now have to rise to the frequency of a higher Divine love calling our name.
And one day soon we will all be reunited in a far more beautiful and magnificent way that we could only have ever dreamed about.
So my beloved ones, take a deep breath, put your hand on your heart and embrace this moment, with courage and faith.
Turn your gaze towards the horizon of hope.
We can do this magnificent journey together with love beneath our wings.
Let us embrace love like never before and before you know it we will have flown towards each other realising that we had our wings of freedom all along.
Until we meet again...We walk in dreams.
”
”
Mimi Novic (Brilliance of Dawn)
“
There are moments of silence and smiles and breaths taken away from the chest, wherein you truly feel a deep understanding for your position in your life, in this world, and within the walls of yourself that you call bones and tissue. You madly understand yourself (your thoughts, your desires, what you want to be living for, really) and it's amazing because it is within those moments where you will come to see how very few people should actually be important to your heart and to your path: because your heart and your path are glorious and different and breathtaking and not everyone belongs there with you. We all often feel pangs of loneliness and we clamour to hold onto other people because it has not yet dawned on us, that not everyone we wish to hold onto will fit on our paths with us. If you could come to an understanding of your own space, and what it means to occupy that space, then you would come to know, and to feel, and to realise, that we are not lonely in our hearts because others do not occupy with us; rather, we are painfully lonely in our hearts because we do not occupy our own skin. We do not occupy our own souls. We do not occupy the space we've been given by our own dreams, desires, longings... what makes you cry? What makes you laugh? It doesn't matter if you're the only one who cries or who laughs! What matters is that you fill up your space so full that your soul rubs up against your bones and pushes up against just below the surface of your skin. You will never be lonely, we would never be lonely, if we knew to occupy all that we are!
”
”
C. JoyBell C.
“
I had what might truly be called an object in life: to be a reformer of the world … This did very well for several years, during which the general improvement going on in the world and the idea of myself as engaged with others in struggling to promote it, seemed enough to fill up an interesting and animated existence. But the time came when I awakened from this as from a dream … In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself: ‘Suppose that all your objects in life were realised; that all the changes in institutions and opinions that you are looking forward to, could be completely effected at this very instant; would this be a great joy and happiness to you?’ And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered: ‘No!’ At this my heart sank within me; the whole foundation on which my life was constructed fell down. All my happiness was to have been found in the continual pursuit of this end. The end had ceased to charm, and how could there ever again be any interest in the means? I seemed to have nothing left to live for.
”
”
John Stuart Mill (Autobiography)
“
They had shared much of their pasts, most of their fears, and all of their tenuous and fragile hopes, but Deborah had noticed over the years that whenever she mentioned her art, or something on which she was working, a subtle change would come over Carla. Her face would harden almost imperceptibly; her manner would edge toward coolness. Because it was a subtle emotion in a world of erratic oscillations of feeling, of violence, and of lies told by every sense of perception, Deborah had not noticed it in their sick times. But one day the world had cleared enough so that she realised that at any mention of her art, her friend drew back. In their new eagerness for experience and reality, the strange aloofness stood out clearly.
[...]
She had a dream.
In the dream it was winter and night. The sky was thick blue-black and the stars were frozen in it, so that they glimmered. Over the clean white and windswept hills the shadows of snowdrifts drew long. She was walking on the crust of snow, watching the star-glimmer and the snow-glimmer and the cold tear-glimmer in her own eyes. A deep voice said to her, "You know, don't you, that the stars are sound as well as light?"
She listened and heard a lullaby made by the voices of the stars, sounding so beautiful together that she began to cry with it.
The voice said, "Look out there."
She looked toward the horizon. "See, it is a sweep, a curve." Then the voice said, "This night is a curve of darkness and the space beyond it is a curve of human history, with every single life an arch from birth to death. The apex of all of these single curves determines the curve of history and, at last, of man."
"I cannot show you yours," the voice said, "but I can show you Carla's. Dig here, deep in the snow. It is buried and frozen - Dig deep."
Deborah pushed the snow aside with her hands. It was very cold, but she worked with a great intensity as if there were salvation in it. At last her hand struck something and she tore it up from burial. It was a piece of bone, thick and very strong and curved in a long, high, steady curve.
"Is this Carla's life?" she asked. "Her creativity?"
"It is bone-deep with her, though buried and frozen." The voice paused a moment and then said, "It's a fine one - a fine solid one!"
[...]
"Please don't be angry," she said, and then told Carla the dream.
[...]
She wiped her eyes. "It was only a dream, your dream..."
"It's true anyway," Deborah said.
"The one place I could never go..." Carla said musing, "...the one hunger I could never admit."
When Deborah finished, Furii said, "You always took your art for granted, didn't you? I used to read in the ward reports all the time how you managed to do your drawing in spite of every sort of inconvenience and restriction.
”
”
Joanne Greenberg (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden)
“
Just like rain, let it all flow incessantly until the sky clears out.
Sometimes a part of me asks how is it that the ones who love the most, dearly, tenderly giving their all, find their hollow end meeting with scars that they never deserved. How is it that sometimes Life turns cold for those who sprinkle the most amount of sunshine, the hand that wipes other's pain how is that parched with betrayals and misunderstandings. But I guess it is about life lessons, how a soul grows through it all, as if the soul walks across the pyre of fire to know and eventually become its own mettle. Through it all the heart becomes more open and the mind more understanding, a unique strength of peace walks inside the very fire that rages the soul. Patience flows in through perseverance and the ashes mould in the teardrop of resilience to wear the smile of kindness.
I have realised that when the worst happens to us, the soul is confronted with two choices, either to become bitter with repeating the question why or to become better with understanding the way how to walk ahead. Eventually it boils down to two simple emotions, love and hate, astonishingly born out of the same part of our mind and heart. It is a selection of either vengeance or forgiveness, not an easy choice to make especially when we are at our most vulnerable self. Whatever we choose becomes our reality, as if we get soaked in it, and somehow Time runs by. And when years pass by and we look back and see the path, and reflect on our choice we understand the meaning of both the choices, to some they take the shape of peace and to some they take the shape of agony, but looking closely we can see that the agony is the pathway leading to peace, forgiveness is the destination, sooner or later we all reach that space to find it in us to forgive, some in years while some in lifetimes. And perhaps, that is why we all undergo all that happens to us, chained in our Karma.
So even when Life seems unfair, give it your all. Love with all your soul and no matter what comes by, don't stop walking along this shore of Time, because no matter how long it takes, you will find your Home. And when Life puts up a question as to why some who broke your soul find pleasure so easy, remind yourself the difference between pleasure and peace and don't forget to acknowledge the fact that perhaps you have paid your Karmic debt in full while theirs might just be beginning.
So break if you must, but remind yourself about the gift of Life and Love every passing moment that breathes like a dream in an illusion of Time. Let your Faith walk hand in hand with you as you tread softly towards your destination, because no matter the years or the lifetimes, someday the sky shall be clear for the rainbow of your soul to smile in the Justice of Him, who knows all, sees all, feels all and does all.
”
”
Debatrayee Banerjee
“
Three years ago,' he said quietly, 'I began to have these... dreams. At first, they were glimpses, as if I were staring through someone else's eyes. A crackling hearth in a dark home. A bale of hay in a barn. A warren of rabbits. The images were foggy, like looking through cloudy glass. They were brief- a flash here and there, every few months. I thought nothing of them, until one of the images was of a hand... This beautiful, human hand. Holding a brush. Painting- flowers on a table.'
My heart stopped beating.
'And that time, I pushed a thought back. Of the night sky- of the image that brought me joy when I needed it most. Open night sky, stars, and the moon. I didn't know if it was received, but I tried, anyway.'
I wasn't sure I was breathing.
'Those dreams- the flashes of that person, that woman... I treasured them. They were a reminder that there was some peace out there in the world, some light. That there was a place, and a person, who had enough safety to paint flowers on a table. They went on for years, until... a year ago. I was sleeping next to Amarantha, and I jolted awake from this dream... this dream that was clearer and brighter, like the fog had been wiped away. She- you were dreaming. I was in your dream, watching as you had a nightmare about some woman slitting your throat, while you were chased by the Bogge... I couldn't reach you, speak to you. But you were seeing our kind. And I realised that the fog had probably been the wall, and that you... you were now in Prythian.
”
”
Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2))
“
Life is a little like getting on a bus with loads of passengers who are already on when you get on. A bus to nowhere but going with absolute certainty to nowhere or so it seems to you. And, you somehow secure a seat and think as long as you sit quietly, you might be allowed to stay till the destination, whatever it may be. You wonder if you could buy a more secure seat if you become the life and soul of the bus, since then nobody will want you to get off. So, you try.
There are people you like on the bus, some you cannot bear to be around with. People keep getting on. The bus is overcrowded. You watch some who gracefully get down, some who literally jump off the running bus and others who are abruptly forced off the bus. You feel sorry for those who have been forced off, happy you are still there. You must be special then for that privilege.
You sit there thinking if you are quiet and decent, and minding your business or counting your beads, you should be ok, not realising that you could be the next. There is deep down a fear that you could be, but you hope that all what you had done since you got on would guarantee a longer passage to nowhere. Maybe, to a better destination?
Where could the bus be going? Who will be getting off next? Will it be you? What is this strange journey with passengers you cannot choose, stops you cannot decide and destination unknown. Suddenly you cannot bear this torture anymore. This meaningless journey with atrocious company to nowhere.
And, you sit there in this tumbling, roller coaster ride, hanging onto dear life and swear to yourself that you will enjoy the journey while it lasts. Amidst it all, the question arises... who am I who is sitting here on the bus on a ride to nowhere?
And, you sit there... waiting, pretending, dreaming, smiling, laughing... living a little, dying a little, hoping your stop is not the next and wondering what if it is.
”
”
Srividya Srinivasan
“
I leaned into Tamlin, sighing. 'It feels- feels as if some of it was a dream, or a nightmare. But... But I remembered you. And when I saw you there today, I started clawing at it, fighting, because I knew it might be my only chance, and-'
'How did you break free of his control,' Lucien said flatly from behind us.
Tamlin gave him a warning growl.
I'd forgotten he was there. My sister's mate. The Mother, I decided, did have a sense of humour. 'I wanted it- I don't know how. I just wanted to break free of him, so I did.'
We stared each other down, but Tamlin brushed a thumb over my shoulder. 'Are- are you hurt?'
I tried not to bristle. I knew what he meant. That he thought Rhysand would do anything like that to anyone- 'I- I don't know,' I stammered. 'I don't... I don't remember those things.'
Lucien's metal eye narrowed, as if he could sense the lie.
But I looked up at Tamlin, and brushed my hand over his mouth. My bare, empty skin. 'You're real,' I said. 'You freed me.'
It was an effort not to turn my hands into claws and rip out his eyes. Traitor- liar. Murderer.
'You freed yourself,' Tamlin breathed. He gestured to the house. 'Rest- and then we'll talk. I... need to find Ianthe. And make some things very, very clear.'
'I- I want to be a part of it this time,' I said, halting when he tried to herd me back into that beautiful prison. 'No more... No more shutting me out. No more guards. Please. I have so much to tell you about them- bits and pieces, but... I can help. We can get my sisters back. Let me help.'
Help lead you in the wrong direction. Help bring you and your court to your knees, and take down Jurian and those conniving, traitorous queens. And then tear Ianthe into tiny, tiny pieces and bury them in a pit no one can find.
Tamlin scanned my face, and finally nodded. 'We'll start over. Do things differently. When you were gone, I realised... I'd been wrong. So wrong, Feyre. And I'm sorry.'
Too late. Too damned late. But I rested my head on his arm as he slipped it around me and led me toward the house. 'It doesn't matter. I'm home now.'
'Forever,' he promised.
'Forever,' I parroted, glancing behind- to where Lucien stood in the gravel drive.
His gaze on me. Face hard. As if he'd seen through every lie.
As if he knew of the second tattoo beneath my glove, and the glamour I now kept on it.
As if he knew that they had let a fox into a chicken coop- and he could do nothing.
Not unless he never wanted to see his mate- Elain- again.
I gave Lucien a sweet, sleepy smile. So our game began.
We hit the sweeping marble stairs to the front doors of the manor.
And so Tamlin unwittingly led the High Lady of the Night Court into the heart of his territory.
”
”
Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2))
“
Pay attention to your dreams and follow them closely to where they may lead you. No matter how crazy or seemingly impossible they appear — to you or the world. Yet, be open to the possibility that the road, even the destination will likely be different than what you had imagined. Then it matters not what actually happens. For the journey becomes the destination, constantly metamorphosing with each and every step along the way. You see, taking a bold leap into the unknown means trusting that you will either land on a feathered bed or you will come to realise that you can fly, perhaps toward undreamed of heights. This, as I conceive, is what flowing through a full and worthy life entails: Acknowledging the risks of seeking to materialise your dreams, courageously embracing the uncertainty rather than fearing it, and confidently going for the jump anyway. Abandon the comfort. Float away. Adjust the sails according to the Winds of Change.
”
”
Omar Cherif
“
She and her feeling!
She seeks a chance,
A moment to feel and romance,
To fulfill with life her last dance,
Before she feels serenaded by a new form of trance,
Her love, her passions for someone,
With whom she feels there are just two them and no one,
With whom time appears to have acquired a new semblance, where being two feels like one,
Her dance has ended and now she is waiting for this someone,
She seeks him in every corner,
She thinks of him to be engulfed by feelings warmer,
His thoughts make her feel better,
But she can't help, but wander, and wander,
Until she has met this feeling,
That she has already felt and with it her heart is already dealing,
It feels like a very high ceiling,
That you can see, but you can't touch, and ah this helpless feeling!
So she waits at the corner, looking at the ceiling and gazing at hopes,
That dangle from the ceiling like ropes,
That you can see but you can't touch, just like beautiful hopes,
With whom your heart often in dreams elopes,
The high ceiling, the visible and reachable ropes, all there,
Tempting and challenging the feeling of love, within her growing everywhere,
But where is he, although she has searched for him everywhere,
Then one day her heart beats differently and she realises he was always there,
Just like the ceiling that was waiting not to be touched but to be felt,
And when she let this realisation melt in her, his true sensation she felt,
He appeared everywhere, and now with him just like her heart her eyes too dealt,
Because finally she had felt the way he always felt!
”
”
Javid Ahmad Tak
“
Deepawali - The holy light
Yesterday it was the festival of lights,
Bright, sparkling, endlessly shimmering lights,
With children running on the lanes that led everywhere,
Because on this day happiness takes a stroll everywhere,
It was a scene of joy and happiness,
A moment to celebrate togetherness,
While many indulged in savouring sweets,
Many felt just walking and talking on these ever stretching streets,
That on this day, led everywhere,
Because on this day everyone seemed to appear in these streets from nowhere,
Life had acquired an eloquent rush, life was in a flow of its own,
And one felt the the joy of a holy kiss unknown,
They say on this day good prevailed over evil,
But I say, on this day humans realised nothing is more beautiful than a beautiful human will!”
In the night the sky was lit with fire crackers that carried someones joys into the sky,
And when I saw them bursting in the sky, I thought of you often my love, not just by and by,
Until it was late in the night and the playfulness of the festive day decided to repose,
And I too called it a day, as my imaginations, now your beautiful dreams composed!
”
”
Javid Ahmad Tak (They Loved in 2075!)
“
You and your thoughts!
The vagueness of the future, the memories of yesterday and the promises of today,
Remind me of you, everyday, and whenever it is today,
In the last moment of wakeful mind before falling asleep,
It is you I think of and you I dream of when I am fast asleep,
In the view of the busy and at times relaxed world and the perspectives thereof,
I look for you in everything, in its corners, in its open spaces, and live off the memories thereof,
In the mind’s silence and in the heart’s endless beatings to keep kissing life,
I listen to them both while thinking of you in my every passing moment of life,
In the present that rushes to meet the future and shorten my span of dreams and desires,
I smile silently because it does not know my life is but an endless bloom of your memories and your desires,
In this moment while I am thinking of you Irma and my mind weaves a tapestry of known feelings,
I wish you knew, I wish you realised, that all of them are our feelings, those beautiful bygone feelings,
In the moments when I exist and yet feel maybe I don’t at all belong in the present,
I roll my memories, I wrap my desires, and I slumber in the past, where you and your feelings are the only present!
In this state I never realise when it is midday, when it is night and when it is today,
Because now you become my only dream, my only memory, my only feeling and an everlasting today!
”
”
Javid Ahmad Tak (They Loved in 2075!)
“
Faith in oneself, which asks no man's help but quietly and alone appropriates the consciousness of the quality desired and—in spite of reason or the evidence of his senses to the contrary—continues faithful—patiently waiting in the knowledge that his unseen claim if sustained must be realised—such faith develops a courage and strength of character that are beyond the wildest dreams of the undisciplined man whose faith is in things unseen.
”
”
Neville Goddard (Your Faith is Your Fortune)
“
With each second passing by I realise I am moving towards my death. But then I also understand how important it is to untangle yourself from everything that is unnecessary and unworthy of this life. Like a room filled with all the noisy sound you didn't want to hear and everything lying around you don't know why but it is just there because you were lost in the moment thinking about something stupid and when you took hold of things you find everything was shattering down and falling into the ground. You being bewildered run around crying, 'hilfe hilfe' and suddenly out of a dream you wake up and question the sanctity of your life. You give that confused look like you nod when you look at your reflection in the mirror and then you turn around, there is a room with everything scattered in bits and pieces, don't know why and you press hard both of your ears with your delicate hands trying to stop the noise coming out of your mind.
”
”
Gaurav S. Kaintura
“
Horseman is the haunting sequel to the 1820 novel The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving and takes place two decades after the events that unfolded in the original. We are introduced to 14-year-old trans boy Bente “Ben” Van Brunt, who has been raised by his idiosyncratic grandparents - lively Brom “Bones” Van Brunt and prim Kristina Van Tassel - in the small town of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where gossip and rumour run rife and people are exceedingly closed-minded. He has lived with them on their farm ever since he was orphaned when his parents, Bendix and Fenna, died in suspicious and enigmatic circumstances. Ben and his only friend, Sander, head into the woodland one Autumn day to play a game known as Sleepy Hollow Boys, but they are both a little startled when they witness a group of men they recognise from the village discussing the headless, handless body of a local boy that has just been found. But this isn't the end; it is only the beginning. From that moment on, Ben feels an otherworldly presence following him wherever he ventures, and one day while scanning his grandfather’s fields he catches a fleeting glimpse of a weird creature seemingly sucking blood from a victim.
An evil of an altogether different nature. But Ben knows this is not the elusive Horseman who has been the primary focus of folkloric tales in the area for many years because he can both feel and hear his presence. However, unlike others who fear the Headless Horseman, Ben can hear whispers in the woods at the end of a forbidden path, and he has visions of the Horseman who says he is there to protect him. Ben soon discovers connections between the recent murders and the death of his parents and realises he has been shaded from the truth about them his whole life. Thus begins a journey to unravel the mystery and establish his identity in the process. This is an enthralling and compulsively readable piece of horror fiction building on Irvings’ solid ground. Evoking such feelings as horror, terror, dread and claustrophobic oppressiveness, this tale invites you to immerse yourself in its sinister, creepy and disturbing narrative. The staggering beauty of the remote village location is juxtaposed with the darkness of the demons and devilish spirits that lurk there, and the village residents aren't exactly welcoming to outsiders or accepting of anyone different from their norm.
What I love the most is that it is subtle and full of nuance, instead of the usual cheap thrills with which the genre is often pervaded, meaning the feeling of sheer panic creeps up on you when you least expect, and you come to the sudden realisation that the story has managed to get under your skin, into your psyche and even into your dreams (or should that be nightmares?) Published at a time when the nights are closing in and the light diminishes ever more rapidly, not to mention with Halloween around the corner, this is the perfect autumnal read for the spooky season full of both supernatural and real-world horrors. It begins innocuously enough to lull you into a false sense of security but soon becomes bleak and hauntingly atmospheric as well as frightening before descending into true nightmare-inducing territory. A chilling and eerie romp, and a story full of superstition, secrets, folklore and old wives’ tales and with messages about love, loss, belonging, family, grief, being unapologetically you and becoming more accepting and tolerant of those who are different. Highly recommended.
”
”
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
“
Usually before a dream becomes reality, we tend to think we’ll wish for nothing else if only the dream is realised. Imagine how you’d feel if you always remembered that your dream has already been fulfilled. Everything that comes after would be like a lovely bonus. When you feel envious of something, try to imagine how you would look to your twenty-year-old self. Wouldn’t she think something like, Wow, look at me! I graduated college and I’m working at a publishing house!
”
”
Baek Se-hee (I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki)
“
Dream your dreams but persistent determination is key to its realisation.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita
“
The days can be long and the nights be scary
Questions may arise, and all can be awry
But realise, if you have hope everything can stay
If you believe, all will remain at bay
Now the day has gone, and the darkness yet unknown
I wish you good night, and the courage to stand on your own
”
”
Dishebh Bhayana
“
Life is a mountain, and dreams come true for those who climb it; it's hard, and sometimes you want to turn around because it gets too much, and sometimes you look up at what you have to climb and realise you're not even halfway, but if you keep looking at how much there is to go instead of looking at where you put your feet, you'll never reach the summit. You have to want it, and you have to focus on the now, otherwise you'll live for the future instead of the present, and by then you're not even living.
”
”
Naomi Speakman (Until Now)
“
Stars from the last night
It was a vast and endless desert,
Of sand, of dust, of the unforgiving sun,
Life crawled on its belly and ever effort hurt,
Yet life ventured to fulfil what yesterday was left undone,
The sand storm blew from every end,
Life was caught in its middle,
It had nowhere to go, though it had a universe to defend,
I watched life pitted against all forces that prevented it from solving the riddle,
The dust, the storm, connived with the hot Sun,
And they all held life in its cage of atrocities,
While life only thought of the universe whose affairs it had to run,
So, it heaved its chest and breathed in all the adversities,
And blew it at these forces evil,
In seconds the dust settled, the storm turned calm and the Sun shone humbly,
Because if life wishes to be; it can be the meanest devil,
But that is not what it fancies for it has universe to manage and it wants to do so proudly,
Life that deals with million adversities, sees storms of dust as nature’s vanities,
Because life that thrives everywhere cannot be contained in cages of temporary storms,
Life shall always reward the victor who fulfils his/her duties,
And is never scared of anything no matter how loud the alarms,
That is why it lives in the desert of dust and sand too,
Where everything is against its existence,
But life shall do what it has to do, while the desert of savagery will do what it has to do,
And there shall be neither any hand nor any role of providence,
For life that believes in love and equality of all sorts,
Will surmount every peak of resistance no matter how high,
And shoot itself at the the desert, at the storm, like brave darts,
That only love one thing, one purpose, that to fly,
So, I saw life wrestling with storm, with dust, with the desert, and even the Sun,
They all held her down like an animal of sacrifice to be offered to the God’s of vanity,
Yet life resisted and cast all these forces away, one by one,
And I witnessed desert’s travesty of life’s magnanimity,
Whenever you are in the desert and you see the storm coming closer to you,
Remember the actual fact, the life is always on your side,
As long as you do not believe it is the desert that favours you,
Because it takes some wisdom to realise that in the day sky the bright stars of yesternight still reside!
Just like in my eyes her dreams, her thoughts are as fresh as ever,
That no storm, no time can fade away,
Because I love her like life, that is in love forever,
And it shall be so, even in the tempest of all sorts, anyhow and anyway!
So you brave soldiers of life and love,
If you love someone, love her true love her the same in the desert and in the beautiful summer,
And do not wait for the providence from above,
Life of love is not always calm because in the desert of life, you shall witness a storm that ceases never!
”
”
Javid Ahmad Tak (They Loved in 2075!)
“
Stars from the last night
It was a vast and endless desert,
Of sand, of dust, of the unforgiving sun,
Life crawled on its belly and every effort hurt,
Yet life ventured to fulfil what yesterday was left undone,
The sand storm blew from every end,
Life was caught in its middle,
It had nowhere to go, though it had a universe to defend,
I watched life pitted against all forces that prevented it from solving the riddle,
The dust, the storm, connived with the hot sun,
And they all held life in its cage of atrocities,
While life only thought of the universe whose affairs it had to run,
So, it heaved its chest and breathed in all the adversities,
And blew it at these forces evil,
In seconds the dust settled, the storm turned calm and the Sun shone humbly,
Because if life wishes to be; it can be the meanest devil,
But that is not what it fancies for it has the universe to manage and it wants to do so proudly,
Life that deals with million adversities, sees storms of dust as nature’s vanities,
Because life that thrives everywhere cannot be contained in cages of temporary storms,
Life shall always reward the victor who fulfils his/her duties,
And is never scared of anything no matter how loud the alarms,
That is why it lives in the desert of dust and sand too,
Where everything is against its existence,
But life shall do what it has to do, while the desert of savagery will do what it has to do,
And there shall be neither any hand nor any role of providence,
For life that believes in love and equality of all sorts,
Will surmount every peak of resistance no matter how high,
And shoot itself at the the desert, at the storm, like brave darts,
That only love one thing, one purpose, that to fly,
So, I saw life wrestling with storm, with dust, with the desert, and even the Sun,
They all held her down like an animal of sacrifice to be offered to the God’s of vanity,
Yet life resisted and cast all these forces away, one by one,
And I witnessed desert’s travesty of life’s magnanimity,
Whenever you are in the desert and you see the storm coming closer to you,
Remember the actual fact, the life is always on your side,
As long as you do not believe it is the desert that favours you,
Because it takes some wisdom to realise that in the sky of the day the bright stars of yesternight still reside!
Just like in my eyes her dreams, her thoughts are as fresh as ever,
That no storm, no time can fade away,
Because I love her like life, that is in love forever,
And it shall be so, even in the tempest of all sorts, anyhow and anyway!
So you brave soldiers of life and love,
If you love someone, love her true love her the same in the desert and in the beautiful summer,
And do not wait for the providence from above,
Life of love is not always calm because in the desert of life, you shall witness a storm that ceases never!
”
”
Javid Ahmad Tak (They Loved in 2075!)
“
Well,” the voice said, seemingly oblivious, “one thing that does happen when you live a long time is that you start to realise the essential futility of so much that we do, especially when you see the same patterns of behaviour repeated by succeeding generations and across different species. You see the same dreams, the same hopes, the same ambitions and aspirations, reiterated, and the same actions, the same courses and tactics and strategies, regurgitated, to the same predictable and often lamentable effects, and you start to think, So? Does it really matter? Why really are you bothering with all this? Are these not just further doomed, asinine ways of attempting to fill your vacuous, pointless existence, wedged slivered as it is between the boundless infinitudes of dark oblivion book-ending its utter triviality?” “Uh-huh,
”
”
Iain M. Banks (The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture, #10))
“
The truth is there isn’t anything to me at all. All I know is that I can’t sleep well, I can’t dream well and I’m quite in love with you. That’s all there is to me. My greatest feature is my admiration for you. I know it’s not healthy. Like my insomnia. Like my dreamless nights. You make living alright. My nightmares come when I think of a night without Valeria. That’s when I realise you’re dead. That’s when I remember you’ve been gone for years. That’s when I remember I’m awake. And I wait for this dream called Life to leave me to my peace once and for all and forever.
”
”
F.K. Preston (The Artist, The Audience, and a Man Called Nothing)
“
The Solution Of Every Problem Lies In The Problem Itself. It’s Just Too Obvious To Be Identified. The Existence of Negative Is Because of The Positive, The Existence of The Tail Is Because of The Head, The Existence of unhappiness Is Because of happiness And, The Existence of Night Is Because of The Day And The Most Important Thing Is That In Case of Each Pair, Both Are Just Beside Each Other,
”
”
Pravin Kendale (The Tea-Stall SUPERMAN: The Fable About Chasing Your Dreams And Realising Your Superpowers. A Motivational Love Story)
“
If you progress in this work you will eventually realise that life is a school. In your dreams you may find yourself being taught in a classroom; this is part of the teaching that someone goes through in the higher dimensions.
”
”
Belzebuub (The Peace of the Spirit Within: A Guide to Transform Your Life)
“
Why shall I speak of the damage of love?
When it rejuvenates me just as much
In love, people happen to say too much,
But for me, words do not work as my crutch
I reminisce the time I fell in love,
As my remaining days go passing by
I’ve realised the only love I now feel
The unrequited, as the end draws nigh
But what was so unusual about you?
An epiphany unveiled at one sunrise:
In darkness ere, I had craved for light
Yet stars were situated in your eyes
It was in the moment I gazed upon
A face fashioned by the hands of nature
There isn’t much left to my regret now,
As lost moments cannot be recaptured.
”
”
Zubair Ahsan
“
At the age of forty the life you have lived so far, always pro tem, has for the first time become life itself, and this reappraisal swept away all dreams, destroyed all your notions that real life, the one that was meant to be, the great deeds you would perform, was somewhere else. When you were forty you realised it was all here, banal everyday life, fully formed, and it always would be unless you did something. Unless you took one last gamble.
”
”
Karl Ove Knausgård (Min kamp 2 (Min kamp, #2))
“
Have you ever reached to a point where you asked God if the assignment is really from Him. In your account you have just 100 dollars and He is asking you to execute a 400 million dollar project. Have you reached to the point that you consider going further will make no sense? Have you reached the point where you asked God are you sure you are still with me?
I just found myself in that Junction now. Turning back ....to realise I have gone too far for Him to forsake me. Moving forward I heard the voice saying ...be still and know that I am your God. Giving up.....Couldn't find it in my dictionary.
Moral of the lesson. God cannot give you an assignment that is equal to your pocket. If it suits your pocket it is definitely not from God. Remember God will not take glory where nothing happen.
”
”
Patience Johnson (Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder)
“
Purpose will make you realise the reason of your existence, it will restore your mind sight, you will start to dream and you will see visions. Your dreams will lead you to set goals, goals will lead you to mission accomplishments and vision will take you to the higher places.
”
”
Euginia Herlihy
“
Every limitation must be overcome to realised the goal.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
“
He checked his watch. “Make it quick, I’ve got a pressing appointment at the Drunken Monkey at two o’clock. Crucial meeting with a CHIS.” CHIS? It took her a moment to translate. Covert Human Intelligence Source – aka, criminal informer. Yeah, right, she thought, more like three pints and a dodgy pie with your dinosaur mates. All the same, she was beginning to realise she could learn a lot from an old-school throwback like Streaky. The other Detective Sergeants at Newham nick were younger, and mostly of the new breed. Smartly dressed and professional, they wouldn’t dream of drinking while on duty, but they seemed to her more like bank managers than real cops. So what if Streaky liked a few jars at lunchtime? Everyone knew he had a better clear-up rate than any of them. Which was probably why he hadn’t been shuffled off with a full pension years ago.
”
”
Anya Lipska (Where the Devil Can't Go (Kiszka and Kershaw Book 1))
“
On the way to your success and realisation of the dreams you have to do one tiny thing - start do it.
”
”
Alexander Zalan (Inspiration Per Moment)
“
You are destiny for greatness!
Realise and pursue this greatness.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
“
Let your dreams and passion be heard. It is your life . Your one short life. Your vision is waiting to be realised. Go get it.
”
”
Timi Nadela (Get To The Top)
“
Aye. To being a wee kid. Back when you were allowed to be stupid and silly and not care about anything. Before the reality of adulthood crushes your childhood dreams and you realise you can’t grow up to be an astronaut or a princess or a unicorn.
”
”
David Sodergren (The Forgotten Island)