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Quote by Victor Hugo

“I had a dream my life would be different from this hell I am living, so different from what it seemed. Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.”

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Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo, a French romantic poet, novelist, and playwright, was born on February 26, 1802, and died on May 22, 1885. He is considered one of the greatest writers in French literary history, known for his profound humanistic concerns and rich imagination. more

“Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in their hands or miters on their heads, shifts the scene of pleasure with endless variety, bids all the forms of beauty sparkle before them, and gluts them with every change of visionary luxury.”

Sometimes Moments Dream Hands Form Imagination Pleasure Scene Solitude Endless Luxury Variety Abandoned Visionaries Sparkle

Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.”

Dream Fields Blessing Tonight Diamond Shelter Tails Follow Your Dreams Whales Peacock Many Blessings

Author:Herman Melville

“An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted.”

Said Ends Dream Illusion Eras Exhausted Follow Your Dreams Different Eras

Author:Arthur Miller

“Dreams are the eraser dust I blow off my page. They fade into the emptiness, another dark gray day. Dreams are only memories of the plans I had back then. Dreams are eraser dust and now I use a pen.”

Use Dream Memories Dark Plans Pages Blow Planning Dust Emptiness Pens Gray Fades Erasers Gray Days

Author:Edgar Allan Poe