Six Quotes About Dreams / Sleep by Owen ..... Quotes, Aphorisms and Proverbs
Date: 8/3/2004 2:05:45 PM ( 20 y ago)
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"In a normal lifespan of 70 years,
an individual devotes at least 50,000 hours to dreaming; that is,
2,000 days or 6 full years of dreamtime. Dreaming must, therefore,
be not only psychologically intriguing, but biologically important."
-- J. Allan Hobson / THE DREAMING
BRAIN --
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"REM Sleep (Rapid Eye Movement, or
Dreaming Sleep).
l) Unborn babies -- 80 percent of their total sleep.
2) Two year-olds -- 30 percent of
total sleep.
3) Adults -- 20 to 24 percent of total sleep.
4) Old People -- 13 percent of total
sleep.
-- Luce & Segal / SLEEP --
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"A dream is a theatre in which the
dreamer is himself the scene, the
player, the prompter, the producer,
the author, the public, and the critic."
-- Carl Jung / GENERAL ASPECTS OF DREAM PSYCHOLOGY --
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"We do not dream about people with whom we have achieved a stable and
satisfying relationship."
-- Woods & Greenhouse / THE NEW WORLD OF DREAMS --
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"In dreams, a peculiar accord arises
between what one sees, and what one
knows; but it is not an accord that
could withstand waking. I SEE Peter
and I KNOW that he is James."
-- Paul Valery / MONSIEUR TESTE --
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Works of art that were created while dreaming:
1) Wagner's TRISTAN & ISOLDE
2) Stevenson's DR. JEKYLL AND MR.
HYDE
3) Tartini's THE DEVIL'S SONATA
4) Cocteau's KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND
TABLE
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