“I try to distract myself from reality by wielding an active imagination. Then I have nightmares.”
“Reality Is an Activity of the Most August Imagination.”
“History ... is a nightmare from which I am trying to wake.”
“People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.”
“To distract myself from tiresome thoughts, I have only to resort to books; they easily draw my mind to themselves and away from other things.”
“Only happy people have nightmares, from overeating. For those who live a nightmare reality, sleep is a black hole, lost in time, like death.”