“Could you visit me in dreams? That would cheer me.Sweet to see friends in the night, however short the time.”

“When I was a child, I often used to lie awake at night, in fearful anticipation of some unpleasant event the following day, such as a visit to the dentist, and wish I could press some sort of button that would have the effect of instantly transporting me twenty-four hours into the future. The following night, I would wonder whether that magic button was in fact real, and that the trick had indeed worked. After all, it was twenty-four hours later, and though I could remember the visit to the dentist, it was, at that time, only a memory of an experience, not an experience.”

“If we dreamed the same thing every night, it would affect us as much as the objects we see every day. And if an artisan was sure of dreaming for twelve hours every night that he was king, I believe he would be almost as happy as a king who dreamed for twelve hours every night that he was an artisan....But because dreams are all different, and there is a variety even within each one, what we see in them affects us much less than what we see when we are awake, because of the continuity. This, however, is not so continuous and even that it does not change too, though less abruptly, except on rare occasions, as on a journey, when we say: 'It seems like a dream.' For life is a dream, but somewhat less changeable.”

“Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.”

“Some times I live in the countrySome times I live in townSome times I take a great notionTo jump in the river and drownIrene good night Irene good nightGood night Irene Good night IreneI'll see you in my dreams”

“All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.”