“About dreams. It is usually taken for granted that you dream of something that has made a particularly strong impression on you during the day, but it seems to me it´s just the contrary. Often it´s something you paid no attention to at the time -- a vague thought that you didn´t bother to think out to the end, words spoken without feeling and which passed unnoticed -- these are the things that return at night, clothed in flesh and blood, and they become the subjects of dreams, as if to make up for having been ignored during waking hours.”
Quote by Boris Pasternak
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Boris Pasternak
Russian poet, writer, and translator. Boris Pasternak is renowned for his profound psychological insight and beautiful poetic language. His works widely cover themes such as love, humanity, morality, and philosophy, and have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature. more
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