It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that our current reality may be perceived as merely a dream in a future life or existence.
Edgar Allan Poe's quote reflects on the nature of existence and consciousness. It proposes that what we perceive as reality in the present may be viewed as an illusion or 'dream' when compared to a higher state of being or future existence. This philosophical perspective invites contemplation on the transient nature of life and the deeper meanings that might exist beyond our immediate perception.
In practice
This quote can be used in a philosophical debate about the nature of reality.
But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!) And round about his home the glory That blushed and bloomed, Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed.
Most writers - poets in especial - prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy - an ecstatic intuition - and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes.
...the agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair.
Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best have gone to their eternal rest.
I could have clasped the red walls to my bosom as a garment of eternal peace. "Death," I said, "any death but that of the pit!" Fool! might I have not known that into the pit it was the object of the burning iron to urge me?
In our endeavors to recall to memory something long forgotten, we often find ourselves upon the very verge of remembrance, without being able, in the end, to remember.
Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
EACH DAY OF HUMAN life contains joy and anger, pain and pleasure, darkness and light, growth and decay. Each moment is etched with natureβs grand design-do not try to deny or oppose the cosmic order of things.
We cannot do justice to the deeds of former times if we do not in some degree remove ourselves from the circumstances in which we stand and substitute those by which the real actors were surrounded.
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.
Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.
You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
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