Dreams Quotes
We must learn how to lend ourselves to dreaming when dreams lend themselves to us.
"We must learn how to lend ourselves to dreaming when dreams lend themselves to us."— Albert Camus
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Meaning of this quote
An imaginative moment can be welcomed instead of immediately dismissed. Camus describes responsiveness to the atmosphere of an Italian evening.
Key takeaway:
Allow space for imagination when an experience invites it.
Origin of the quote
The Desert, in Nuptials (1939), later included in Lyrical and Critical Essays.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe English text places the sentence in the narrator’s reflections on Pisa and Shakespeare’s lovers.
