A Theory of Dreaming Quotes

“It takes strength, to feel so much. To feel so deeply.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“What a ruthless privilege it was, he thought, to love.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“My mind is never empty of you. Not in waking; not even in dreaming.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Let no one say that I am weak. I am fearful, and therefore brave. I am wounded, yet all the stronger for it.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“How do we survive when reality becomes too much to bear?”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Thinking of her was always like this: a rush of fondness, and then a bolt of fear. Love poems never seemed to include this thread of terror. Was he uniquely ill-disposed to this sentiment, too uneasy, too anxious for the act of loving without reserve? Or was the object of his affection uniquely vulnerable?”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“When he had stood in the underwater palace and wished for the end to this story, he had wanted no epilogue, no addendum, no sequel. A blank page, upon which a new tale could be written.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“If the soul of a nation requires an enemy, then it has no right to exist at all.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Love whispers, grief shouts.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“It was all just too much," Effy said quietly. "I didn't think. I couldn't bear it for even one moment more."

Preston nodded. His throat pulsed. Then he said "if it's too much, then let me carry it for you. Please".”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Can one still cherish a love that ends in grief?”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Small-minded traditionalists always reject what they don't understand.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“The past she carried with her did not have to be a heavy thing, and when she needed to rest, she could put it down.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“She both wanted and did not want to be held, to be touched, to be comforted. She was afraid of wanting becoming needing. And she was afraid, so terribly afraid, that if she needed him, it would be the moment that he slipped away.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“No one survives this world alone.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“If there is one great virtue of girlhood, it is the insulation of dreams. We are protected, as children, by our belief in the unreal.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Our belief in a world that is just and perfect gives us strength to survive in a world that is anything but.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“How strange it is, to live so long in the company of shadows that, without them, one feels bereft and needful of the dark.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Dismally she realized that she had already gone from wishing to be exceptional to wishing to be invisible.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Every author who appears to sit in a dark room alone is furnished by the light of those who came before.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“The people of Llyr are afraid". Angharad said. "Our army has fallen and our sleepers have been put to their watery graves. Just this morning, the Llyrian Times published an article which asked how we will define ourselves, now that we have lost so much of what we believe makes us who we are. It asked who our new heroes will be. I say, these are our new heroes. The young students who are clever enough to ask questions, who are brave enough to venture into the dark corners of the world for answers, and who are strong enough to survive when the foundation of everything they know crumbles from beneath them. To Effy Sayre and Preston Heloury. To all who came before, and all who will come after.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“It's alright Effy. Really. The fear doesn't have to break you. You deserve to live anyway.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“So runs this tale, like a stream into the sea, not to fade, but to change and to be free.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“But perhaps that's how I know that I love you," he said at last. "Because it is simple. Because all the quibbling in my mind goes silent when I look into your eyes.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“If the soul of a nation requires an enemy”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Whatever faults I might have - and I have plenty - just know that I think of you, always. My mind is never empty of you. Not in waking; not even in dreaming.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Relationships were nooses and people deadweight: the romantics always ended up hanging from their hearts.”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming

“Here was a man who didn’t just disbelieve his own hype but took an active pleasure in making himself a fool for the world’s entertainment”
― Ava Reid, A Theory of Dreaming