I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the idea that our dreams and aspirations have a reciprocal relationship with us. They reach back to shape our identity and influence our actions.
Toni Morrison's quote suggests that the dreams we hold are not just one-sided aspirations; they are alive and dynamic. Our dreams reflect our innermost desires and thoughts, and in turn, they challenge and inspire us to become the person we are meant to be, shaping our reality and experiences. It emphasizes the connection between our dreams and our conscious existence, representing a deeper dialogue between our aspirations and ourselves.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech about pursuing one's aspirations.
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking of is not at the mercy of history's rule, nor is it a passive surrender to the status quo. The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one -- an activity that occurs most naturally, most often in the reading/writing world we live in. Accessible as it is, this particular kind of peace warrants vigilance.
You looking good." "Devil's confusion. He lets me look good long as I feel bad.
What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren't. Somebody tries to say, 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.' People say that to me. There's no language for it. Sorry doesn't do it. I think you should just hug people and mop their floor or something.
An innocent man is a sin before God. Inhuman and therefore untrustworthy. No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind, the foul air of his innocence, even if it did wilt rows of angel trumpets and cause them to fall from their vines.
Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself
One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to.
When I was a kid, all I knew was that I felt more comfortable sitting in one chair than in another. And now I realize it was because one chair was older. I still respond directly to the age of things.
The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.
Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured.
We can neither heal nor build if, on the one hand the rich in our society see the poor as hordes of irritants or if on the other hand the poor sit back, expecting charity. All of us must take responsibility for the upliftment of our conditions, prepared to give our best to the benefit of all
I am opposed to looking upon logic as a kind of game. ... One might think that it is a matter of choice or convention which logic one adopts. I disagree with this view.
I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it.
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