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Quote by Alexandre Dumas

“So rapid is the flight of dreams upon the wings of imagination.”

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Alexandre Dumas, a renowned French writer, was born on July 24, 1802, and died on December 5, 1870. He is famous for his historical and adventure novels, with notable works including 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. more

“The more I read, the more I felt connected across time to other lives and deeper sympathies. I felt less isolated. I wasn’t floating on my little raft in the present; there were bridges that led over to solid ground. Yes, the past is another country, but one that we can visit, and once there we can bring back the things we need. Literature is common ground. It is ground not managed wholly by commercial interests, nor can it be strip-mined like popular culture—exploit the new thing then move on. There’s a lot of talk about the tame world versus the wild world. It is not only a wild nature that we need as human beings; it is the untamed open space of our imaginations. Reading is where the wild things are.”

Reading Literature Imagination Freedom Human Nature Books Connection Wildness

Book:Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Source: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

“There are so many people. It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined.”

People Imagination Overwhelming

Book:Paper Towns

Source: Paper Towns

“Just because it's imaginary doesn't mean it isn't real.”

Imagination

Book:The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

Source: The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

Quote by Alexandre Dumas

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