“The loudest sigh in the world would never wake him up.”

“Let the world move along as it pleased. If it had any business with him, it would be sure to tell him.”

“I wake up, but where? I don't just think this, I actually voice the question to myself: "Where am I?" As if I didn't know: I'm here. In my life. A feature of the world that is my existence.”

“If only I could fallsound asleep and wake up in my old reality!”

“Then when dusk began to settle he would retrace his steps, back to his own world. And on the way home, a loneliness would always claim his heart. He could never quite get a grip on what it was. It just seemed that whatever lay waiting "out there" was all too vast, too overwhelming for him to possibly ever make a dent in.”

“When the fire goes out, you'll start feeling the cold. You'll wake up whether you want to or not.”

“When I wake up, my pillow’s cold and damp with tears. But tears for what? I have no idea.”