Our dreams are luminous, a cast fire upon the world. Morning arrives and that's it. Sunlight darkens the earth.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the fleeting nature of dreams and inspiration, comparing them to a light that illuminates our path before fading away.
Charles Wright's quote suggests that dreams and aspirations have a beautiful, illuminating quality that can inspire us and bring joy to our lives. However, like the dawn that brightens the world only to be overshadowed by the harshness of day, our dreams can often feel ephemeral and fleeting, reminding us to cherish them while they last.
In practice
A speaker at a graduation ceremony could use this quote to inspire graduates to pursue their dreams passionately.
How many years have slipped through our hands? At least as many as the constellations we still can identify. The quarter moon, like a light skiff, floats out of the mist-remnants Of last night’s hard rain. It, too, will slip through our fingers with no ripple, without us in it.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.
There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other. The spirit cannot die; and man, who shall know all and shall have wings.
Part of me always wanted to do something useful for the world. It came from my mother. She is a paediatrician and she was active in a small NGO for the child victims of war.
It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they have to bust out of their own coffins and do the saving themselves.
I'm looking for a way out of here. I can't have it physically, so I'm going to have it intellectually. It was a beautiful thing to ride Seabiscuit in my imagination. And it's just fantastic to be there alongside Louie as he's breaking the NCAA mile record. People at these vigorous moments in their lives - it's my way of living vicariously.
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
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