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“What functions do dreams serve today? One view, published in a reputable scientific paper, holds that the function of dreams is to wake us up a little, every now and then, to see if anyone is about...”
“Much more plausible is the computer-based explanation that dreams are a spillover from the unconscious processing of the day's experience, from the brain's decision on how much of the daily events ...”
“However, in part for reasons of organizationalconvenience, modern societies are structured as if all humans had the same sleep requirements; and in many parts of the world there is a satisfying sen...”
“This looks very much as if the integration of the day's experience into our memory, the forging of new neural links, is either an easier or a more urgent task. As the night wears on and this functi...”
“There is another connection between infancy and dreams: both are followed by amnesia. When we emerge from either state, we have great difficulty remembering what we have experienced. In both cases,...”
“Thus, an inhibition center developed below what in humans is the temporal lobe, to turn off much of the functioning of the reptilian brain; and an activation center evolved in the pons to turn on t...”
“A fickle lover, sleep takes us as it will, when it wants, and how. Sensing her desperate need, however, it draws Corrie deeply into its embrace, somewhere between her tears and terror.”
“When you have a strong dream,... on this earth, no one won't divert your mind except your own desire.”
“Such views the youthful Bard allure,But, heedless of the following gloom,He deems their colours shall endure'Till peace go with him to the tomb.And let him nurse his fond deceit,And what if he must...”
“if you are going to try, go all the way.. Otherwise, dont even start.. If you are going to try, go all the way.. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. Go al...”
“A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep.”
“Don't live in the dreams, don't fly high, don't keep the expectations that cause your death before the death.”
“I grew up a dreamer, lonely, one foot on the earth, the other on the moon.”
“Dreams are often dangerous.Those endowed with an imagination don't run a way from this world, They think about the fate of all its creatures. They worry even about the flowers and the ants. But som...”
“No one had told me that the tax of playing big will be having to play big all the time. At first I chased my dream for me. Now I chase my dreams as a service for humanity. When I do so, people dare...”
“Should I tell him that I think dreams never die even when they're dead?”
“I dream of the stars, I let the words slip gaily from my mouth as my imagination finally got carried away. I dream of taking every one of them in my hands and kissing them.”
“I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was: man is but an ass, if he go about to expound this dream. Methought I was--there is no man can tell w...”
“Serafina, Ava, Ling, and Becca swam inside. Neela followed them, but at the very last second, shield. I cant, she said. Once I go in, theres no way out again. This is real. Youre real. All this tim...”
“The night it fallsThe stars shine throughThe inky blackThat is the cueFor plot demandsThat dreams be sownThe fantasies I have aloneThe words come fastThey flow like wineI am the midnight writer...”
