It must be that I am dreaming, and that I shall awaken in a moment to see that awful knife descending toward my heart- kiss me, dear, just once before I lose my dream forever." -Jane-
Edgar Rice BurroughsRead
This was life! Ah, how he loved it! Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and conventionalities. Even clothes were a hindrance and a nuisance. At last he was free. He had not realized what a prisoner he had been.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a deep appreciation for the freedom and beauty found outside the constraints of civilization.
In this quote, Edgar Rice Burroughs highlights the exhilaration of experiencing life in its raw form, unencumbered by societal norms and restrictions. It speaks to the idea that many people may feel trapped by civilization's conventions and realize only when they escape that they had been living as prisoners of their own making.
In practice
In a motivational speech about embracing adventure and leaving behind societal norms.
It must be that I am dreaming, and that I shall awaken in a moment to see that awful knife descending toward my heart- kiss me, dear, just once before I lose my dream forever." -Jane-
Yes, I was a fool, but I was in love, and though I was suffering the greatest misery I had ever known I would not have had it otherwise for all the riches of Barsoom. Such is love, and such are lovers wherever love is known.
It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.
No fiction is worth reading except for entertainment. If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature, or its kind. If it forms the habit of reading, in people who might not read otherwise, it is the best literature.
Am I alive and a reality, or am I but a dream?
I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand.
a process of aging had taken place in him that was so rapid and critical that soon he was being treated as one of those useless great-grandfathers who wander about the bedroom like shades, dragging their feet, remembering better times aloud, and whom no one bother about or remembers really until the morning they find them dead in their bed.
So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.
Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.
The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.
When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.
Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
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