单词 | dream |
例句 | “I have been beset of late by troubling dreams. I worry about you when you are gone.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “It isn’t possible. And yet I’ve dreamed of it. Have you?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It sang to me the night my brothers came home from the war, and in my dreams I sometimes saw it guiding their footsteps as they stumbled through the dark streets of their distant cities. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He drifted in and out of dreams, sometimes calling for his father and sometimes raving about bats. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In my dream it was very dark, and what dim light there was seemed to be radiating from Edward’s skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Fred played the guitar for her, and sang, his voice husky, and told her how his dream was to be a lead singer in a folksy band. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I had come to discuss my failure to recall my dreams, but as usual, my teacher had sent my thoughts in an entirely new direction. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She’d pretended she was hunting for signs of safety, but that had been make-believe, a dream. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He’d been dreaming of a fire, flames eating unknown walls, and the siren sounded, and then it wasn’t a siren but the telephone. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In my dream, George comes outside from downstairs and says, “Where are you going?” and then I hear Mom laugh. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Like this was her dream house or something. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Being a singer has always been my dream, and I know I'm a much better singer than I am a mother. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I stir from my dream, my hands clenched into fists. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sapo was right, Bodega was gone and his dreams had dissolved like a wafer in water; his buildings would be reclaimed by the city, which would raise our rents. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “We expected it all to end at any moment. Either the Nazis would find us and shoot us or it was a dream and we would wake up,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z So there is a direct connection between the dream and my life. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z When she realized that the dream she’d clutched for three years had slipped from her grasp, she wondered if she should feel bad that she had lost it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z That my dream of being an artist and traveling the world isn’t foolish. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z This is what happens when you dream dreams, he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He looked awkward for a moment before remembering this was a dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Still troubled by his dream, Cole said, “There are people who want to hurt me.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I had a dream once where she kissed me on the collarbone. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Possibly these dreams were in the back of her mind when she spoke to William that winter about quitting her job. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z At first I thought I must be dreaming. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just why do you think,” carefully inquired Major Sanderson, the soft and thickset smiling staff psychiatrist to whom the colonel had ordered Yossarian sent, “that Colonel Ferredge finds your dream disgusting?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “No, you must have been dreaming. You must have been making up stories. You are all the children there are.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Initially I thought I was in a dream,” Weathers recalls. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But that wasn’t all—the dream went on. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Still Brian was given copies of the pictures and tape, and looking at them seemed to trigger the dreams. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z In Despereaux’s dream, the light came to life, brilliant and glorious, in the shape of a knight swinging a sword. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “He’s the one who started it all. It’s his dream.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When the Haitians defeated the French armies, Napoleon lost control of the world’s most productive sugar islands and with it his dream of great sugar profits. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She’d always dreamed of becoming a teacher, of living in a city like Seattle. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z I’d dreamed I was in a hospital, lying on crisp white sheets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I am so happy when you show up in my dreams and say those words to me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He had dream children—clean, pretty, smart children who were growing up sort of ashamed that their father ran a saloon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I dreamt that as well! I dreamt there would be a little girl sitting on my window-sill in her nightie and she would talk to me!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As to how she could be both dead and here, dream logic was untroubled by conundrums. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She fell in and out of the same dream she always had: ashes falling over the land, settling into the crevices between tree roots, dusting over every unfurled bud, smothering each hint of life. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Virginia, my beautiful little evening star, you are the girl of my dreams. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I let myself dream: I imagined conversation and laughter over dinner instead of silence broken only by the clinking of silverware and the occasional grunt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When she. was a girl, my mother had dreamed of owning a flower shop, so she drew dozens of diagrams of how she might organize and display the flowers for the funeral. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “But becoming a social worker is your dream. You need a degree for that.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Crossing a single street transformed the way people talked, determined the size and condition of the homes, the dimension and character of the dreams. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I never dreamed that they were going to try to make it appear that instead of inoculating against an epidemic, I had started it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been Uncle Cliff's dream to be on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “How could I have? I think we both were having bad dreams. I am not burned and you have always been safe, so let’s go back to sleep.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He was lost—lost in a world of which he’d always dreamed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I’m used to dreaming the first dream—when the fire starts—over and over. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Even though I was dreaming, I knew exactly where I was, and I felt an icy chill run through me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I never dreamed I’d stop caring about basketball, but I really couldn’t care less about it right now. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘A dream isn’t something you can catch hold of.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Here there is only gray rock, cold and treeless as a bad dream. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Meggie did not dream of monsters that night—not even a spider scurried through her dream. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Even if it was by showing up in a dream or something. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z No matter how unrealistic or idealistic the dream might be, I’ve secretly clung to it with my whole heart. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m no basket case—not even any bad dreams. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anybody can be a farmer,” she said, flipping away my dream. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I dreamed about my left eye and felt very frightened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He shifted slightly as some pleasant dream put a smile on his face. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z To him, he couldn’t have landed any closer to his original dream, because now, as a power plant manager, he gets to create electricity out of thin air—literally—using natural gas. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I have a little dream For the flying of a plane. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He dreamed that he was going into an empty house with white walls and that he was upset by the burden of being the first human being to enter it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I stopped beside his bulk as if I were in a dream. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And then he remembered that she'd dumped him, and he thought of her in her big fluffy bed asleep, not dreaming of him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z This isn’t some temporary dream that I’m going to wake up from. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “But I never dreamed about this!” he protested. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In Ro Leap, I had a dream that a certain house would catch on fire, and it did. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Godslayer hadn’t come halfway around the world to grant a junior librarian’s dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z My great error was not that I had accepted someone else’s dream but that I had accepted the fact of dreams, the need for escape, and the invention of racecraft. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z We are controlled here by our confusion, far more than we know, and the American dream has therefore become something much more closely resembling a nightmare, on the private, domestic, and international levels. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “Shad, it’s a day I’ve dreamed about,” he said, and even as he spoke, he vaguely wondered why it was that he should whisper the words. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The white man was barred from attendance—the first time the American black man had ever dreamed of such a thing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you shall have more time for dreaming,” Ellidyr said with a scornful laugh. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z It was the kind of place the detectives could only afford in dreams. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They floated on over the moonlight-scintillating water, as if they were sharing the same dream. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I believed equally in both, so I volunteered for Vietnam, delaying my dream of working on spaceflight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He considered pinching himself to see if he was dreaming, but he played it cool and just nodded. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Now she was determined to fulfill that dream. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I could not eat much, nor could I sleep without dreaming terrible dreams. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Armed with an insatiable desire to succeed—and aided by his natural gifts, which included a deeply resonant voice—he made his dream come true soon after finishing up at Bard College in 1971. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It looked like the same parking-garage-type area Percy had seen in his dreams, but now much more crowded with stuff. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lord Hoster was too weak to attend, asleep on his balcony, dreaming of the sun on the rivers of his youth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When I dream, I dream I am in the museum. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Not even my emergency ration against snakebite and bad dreams. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In his dream he was climbing again, pulling himself up an ancient windowless tower, his fingers forcing themselves between blackened stones, his feet scrabbling for purchase. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So it is every warrior’s dream to kill a lion at one point or another. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Joseph dreamed that one day all his brothers and his parents as well would bow down to him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This time he dreamed he was at a feast, a victory feast in some great hall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Were you having a bad dream? It sounded like you were crying.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s been teetering on the edge of letting go of this specific dream for months now, terrified of it, but the relief is startling, a mountain off his back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As Micah eats his lunch, Sara and I create a work schedule and dream up recipes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Even I never dreamed of Magic like this. We’re in a world where everything, even a lamppost, comes to life and grows. Now I wonder what sort of seed a lamp-post grows from?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z At three o’clock she started dinner, and only when it was cooking did she take a break, sitting at die kitchen table to consult her dream book on the meaning of her previous night’s dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Being helpless and thinking baby thoughts and dreaming baby dreams and messing up his pants again and smiling all the time. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And the stage contorts and trees rise as the dream twists into something else entirely. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z If we subtract one proton and three neutrons from mercury, we make gold, the dream of the ancient alchemists. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And maybe it was because of this first act of violence at the crossroads of hopes and dreams that death lingered around that house like a baby ghost. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He dreamed he was carrying Juno across the Little Tiber. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Griffon, Phoenix, Centaur, Sphinx, Manticore, Ganesha, Ch’i-lin, and all the rest are like recurrent bad dreams, and we are well rid of them. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong would have thought it was all a bad dream if he didn't still have the faded glass orb tucked behind his mat in the boys' bunk room. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Even her waking dreams we used—to silence our own nightmares. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Putting them in a frame and hanging them on a wall felt like that dream where you walk into school without any clothes on. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It’s the look I’ve dreamed about every night since, and will dream about every tomorrow after. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z That night, I go to bed early and dream that Dr. Randolph has turned Mango into a stack of dusty building blocks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z By the time the park found its current resting place, every single one of the children had fallen asleep, and the park was a mosaic of their dreams. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In his nightmares, she left him, but other dreams were better. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The fast numbers were a riot of energy, and the ballads put the entire place into some kind of powerful, floating dream state. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t remember the details of the dream, but I think we were being chased by Nazis. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Who would have dreamed I would be so lucky? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, like an image from a dream, Mom appeared before me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When he dreamed at night the face of his friend was always before him, massive and gentle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z After she leaves for the restaurant, I walk quietly around the house looking for anything to prove that the distant voices, which seem more and more like a dream, were real. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z But, most important, he was able every day to live out his dream. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She dreamed of paper birds and paper stars and paper skies. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Only in his most intrepid dreams did he allow himself to hope that he might travel so far. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z You could talk about things there you wouldn’t dream of talking about any other place, not even in the pavilion. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In about half an hour the BFG had found all the dreams he wanted and had tipped them into the one huge jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I think that’s the reason, in my dreams, my first kiss took place at the rocket ship. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z After that, all through the cheerless days, she hugged the dream close. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z So maybe I did spend a night now and then dreaming silly girl dreams about him, even though everyone knew he was sweet on Mildred. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Events were like the details of a tortured dream, happening without cause. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Bridge’s mom had always been there when she emerged from the mummy dream, throwing off her covers. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z But that June, she began having vivid dreams. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Ever since he came to Weep, his dreams had been exceptionally vivid. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She remembered the dream of the mahalath, when the mist unmade her and all sense of physical being vanished, but for one thing, one solid thing: Lazlo’s hand gripping hers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was as if the earthquake had only been a bad dream. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was great. I showed up at your party, and you didn’t publicly humiliate me. Of course, that’s how I knew it was a dream.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Does Pop dream anything other than bad dreams? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t dream of doubting you,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t sleep. I had a bad dream...about Mama.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I’ve studied this place and dreamed about it for so many years.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z An urgent whisper pushed its way into my dream about roasted pheasant stuffed with chestnuts. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, very sofdy, he said, "I dream of it sometimes. Of Reilly's dying. A green tent, candles, a woman screaming. And blood." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One time, I half-assed my way through an essay about Langston Hughes’s use of dreams. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He could do magic she couldn’t even dream of. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Behind the morphine dreams is the nightmare of reality. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z So close and yet so far, she felt as though she were in a dream; there, but not there, within a hair’s breadth but not reaching it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Jonathan dreamed of one day taking up a gun himself and fighting the enemy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He even dreamed of saving some money so that one day he could leave the camp and continue his education somehow. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I want this to be the unforgettable experience Arthur has been dreaming of for who knows how long. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z We never even dreamed we would ever get one in South Africa; McDonald’s seemed to us like one of those American things that is exclusively American and can’t go anywhere else. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t give up,” Petra whispered in her dream, and as if the story- frog heard her, it came upon a large acorn covered in vines. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z That night, in a deep but restless sleep, a dream came to him and the position appeared over and over again—seemingly hundreds of times. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Things were so much easier back then, when nightmares were only in dreams. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Frank tried to imagine staying here with Iris, putting on a R.O.F.L. shirt, selling crystals and dream catchers to demigod travelers and lobbing gluten-free cupcake simulations at passing monsters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When a man has looked upon such massive waste of life as I have witnessed in these three battles, the presumption to consider his own little personal dreams becomes a matter of supreme egotism. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “No need to say you’re sorry, sleepyhead. Dream a little dream of me, okay?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Gramps said, ‘Well, this ain’t our marriage bed—” That night I dreamed that I was floating down a river on a raft with my mother. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Many years later, Magistrate Tiger had his dream fulfilled. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He feared that if he spoke about that memory to anyone, it would evaporate like a dream. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a guide who’d taught them how to spot poison ivy and look for water and find shelter, and Hazel had been too busy dreaming of centaurs to pay attention. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I hoped it was a dream and I had fallen asleep on the floor of the train. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I think I'm dreaming, and I don't know where she is!” she said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z After two months I met the man who made all my dreams come true. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She would've thought it was a dream, but her dreams were always terrifying. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Each of us dreaming of the day our grandmother says You're too old for ribbons. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z In this perilous situation for the Trojans, Father Tiber, the god of the great river they were encamped near, visited Aeneas in a dream. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing. Just a bad dream. Go back to sleep.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They smile at me, but not like they believe this dream of mine will ever come true. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps they were like the modem ones, which say that Still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Brothers slew brothers in his dreams, and nobody could trust anyone else. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The song of Ultima’s owl quickly brought sleep, and my dreams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In my dreams it wouldn’t all be front, either, it would be real world and real time. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Dazed, half dreaming, not quite sure where I was, I shook my head and inched up in my seat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My mother and I had been so happy, so excited because all our dreams were coming true. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He consulted a priest about the dream who told him that the iron wolf symbolized a large and formidable city, a city of opportunity. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And Herbie, who only yesterday had dreamed of wringing all their necks, dreamed today of kidnapping them so no more would die such cruel, degrading deaths. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I remember it well,” the man said, as if in a dream. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z This is what I’d dreamed about, walking through the school with a cute boy. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z She was brushing the earth off her hands and looking up at the high wall as if she dreamed of flying away over it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Her dreams last night had been filled with Nehemia and Elena—though, more often than not, they disappeared into visions of demons and the dead. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The situation he found himself in now had the sodden quality of a dream in which events repeated themselves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The humid air turned into sweat that had run down the corporal’s face while he repeated his dream to them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z For he believed that the message of the dreams was a summons, and that the hour had come at last when the heir of Elendil should come forth and strive with Sauron for the mastery. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He felt that he had been dreaming of something like this for a long time, and then, suddenly, it was true. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The afternoon sun painted her white and gold—rising on her hills like a noble city in a happy dream. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, that got him thinking about the gods, the war they were facing, and his dream about the twins Ephialtes and Otis. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was all worse than he had ever dreamed: to have drifted all those months in white smoke, only to wake up again in the prison camp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed about that lunch often and when I did I was glad to wake up. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Gleefully, she stuffed her pockets, tied a marker at the site for later use, and skipped home dreaming of owlet stew. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And the place gets as quiet as I’m guessing it does in her dreams. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z One day she would be free of dreams. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "It's like a bad dream, all of this." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The dreams he’d had all had to do . fc . with sirens and crashes and emergencies he was somehow involved in but helpless to prevent. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z And the past few weeks, Annabeth had dreamed of spiders almost every night—crawling over her, suffocating her, wrapping her in webs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He glanced over at Uncle Jet on the couch; Jet looked like he wasn’t having bad dreams. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sarai had trespassed in thousands of minds—tens of thousands—and she had sifted her invisible fingers through dreams beyond counting. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Only the children could take full advantage of their dreaming. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That night Liyana dreamed a cake fell off its plate into the sea and floated away from her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When I do fall asleep, Cook’s warning about the Resistance burrows its way into my dreams. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Dimple was sure she was in a dream. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “It’s filled with pain and mutilation and death. I’m sure you had it just to spite me. You know, I’m not even sure you belong in the Army, with a disgusting dream like that.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And maybe I dreamed about the stars, I don’t know. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z And I was sorry that I had never felt this particular loneliness before— that I had never felt myself so far outside of someone else’s dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The beds in that house were all too small for him but they made him a fine bed of heather on the floor, and he never stirred nor dreamed all night. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The steady rhythm of the clock lulled Hugo to sleep, but he dreamed of fire and woke up with a start. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z His dream is to frost her tips while asking behind-the-scenes questions about Sommersby. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And then one day I began to discover that we were more alone than I had dreamed. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The incident was a recurring dream, concocted years before by stupid whites and it eternally came back to haunt us all. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z That night I dreamed that my family was packing to move to Fresno to pick grapes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The dead people and the woman in the cloak are there, but in the same way dreams are. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The dream island never materialized, and there wasn’t much in the way of vacation, either. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “At least we found out what he dreams about,” Dunbar observed wryly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Dream of being woken up by that peal of thunder and finding her gone; dream of searching and searching for her under the trees.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Quite so. I’ll read you one of the things he did dream of in a moment. Meanwhile, listen to what this old Arch- Community-Songster said.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I meet you in every dream—and when I wake I cannot close my eyes again for ruminating on your sweetness. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When the horse ran poorly, Pollard skipped over the disappointing race notes and invented tales of Preservator’s impressive feats, dreaming of bad-luck excuses to account for the horse’s losses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Derby was broken in health—dying—but he had accomplished that last dream of his—to have Salem build a frigate for the United States Navy. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The one thing I know for certain is that I eat, sleep, and dream music. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Safe enough to sink into a strange dream where I'm bobbing up and down in a stormy ocean that carries me far away from Amma. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Through my dream gurgles the fateful brook where I swam as a child and where the willow boughs skimmed the water’s surface. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Just as I opened my mouth to call for Ruth, who always tagged along in my dreams, a thick mist blew over the beach. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She had woken up at night to escape from a familiar, recurrent dream in which policemen approached her with snicking scissors, wanting to hack off her hair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall but not physically imposing, he dreamed of being on television—having a voice that made an impact. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “What is the American dream?” said Karen Handel, chairwoman of the Fulton County Commission in Alpharetta. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He still, after all these years, had dreams of being back in the Tower. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I was dreaming about every move at night, and when awake, all I could think was, I've done fifty routines in practice and I haven't fallen on one. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The vet had been right: For me this was not a city of realities, but of dreams; perhaps because I had always thought of my life as being confined to the South. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I fall asleep and dream that I am still at home, still playing hopscotch with my friends. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This was one of the long-cherished dreams of Afrikaner nationalism, to cast off ties to the country they had fought against in the Anglo- Boer War. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now and then, in passing a casement, you glanced out at the thick-falling snow; you listened to the sobbing wind, and again you paced gently on and dreamed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Eventually he fell into a vague dream, in which he seemed to be looking out of a high window over a dark sea of tangled trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I was still thinking about the dream that evening as we all sat in the living room, watching TV. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He lay dreaming that he was throwing baseballs at a cloth cat and winning a genuine Navajo blanket. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He got to his feet, swaying from stiffness, trying to shake off sleep and that awful dream. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was like an eerie dream, seeing faces of ghosts from the past. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Each offering represents a dream, a desire, a longing. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He does not tell her that he has only one dream, and it is just as improbable as a career in garden piracy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It’s difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We had to be careful we weren’t makings things up, half remembered, half dreamed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z If the gods heard, they mocked his hopes, for the nightmare they sent was worse than any wolf dream. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dreams of drowning in warm turquoise water; dreams of abandoned cats walking across her body as she slept; dreams of strangulation by serpent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Soon, she was dreaming about candy elephants and cookies the size of pancakes. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z At first there was a sound like a roaring wind in her dreams. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z ‘Every dream is having its special label on the bottle,’ the BFG said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn't dreamed of how frightening those wolves were. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It was a common demigod problem: the more dangerous our situation became, the worse and more frequent our dreams got. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z All the dreams this city holds right outside—just step through the door and walk two doors down to where my new best friend, Maria, lives. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z It made the present real, the sky, because she had never seen the sky in her dreams. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I never dreamed I could get lost, Amaroq,” she went on, talking out loud to ease her fear. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had a dream that you came to my school and gleaned all the jerks,” he told her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Just a dream, he told himself, though reality wasn’t much better. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Miss Honey now decided to ask a question that normally she would not have dreamed of asking the class on its first day. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She could tell at a glance if a sleeper was dreaming or was in that restful state between dreams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He says, “I dreamed he sailed over the hole. Over my head. Maybe even over the whole entire root cellar hill.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “It would sound like a dream,” said Billy. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he knew there was the fish and his hands and back were no dream. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She spent a restless night in bed, dreaming of walking down the corridor between her room and Taisin’s. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “The only way we know it’s true is that we both dreamed it. That’s what reality is. It’s a dream everyone has together.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Surely it was a dream. not far from us, prisoners were at work. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it felt like a dream to you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Instead they began to have purpose, they began to set goals, dreams, and ambitions. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Not even in my wildest dreams did I think that I would meet a millionaire, especially a millionaire that cared about my well-being. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He fell into a deep dream that he would not remember when he awoke. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He dreamed that Adams had written a short letter to Jefferson, congratulating him on his recent retirement from public life. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z One day I may even go on the journeys I dreamed of. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z But their mutual exit was even more exquisitely timed than Rush had dreamed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z So what kind of punishment would he dream up for me? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He dreamt of his lord father and the Shrouded Lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A humane society truly concerned about its children would worry less about oddballs, computer games, and clothing, and more about creating the kind of schools kids would never dream of blowing up. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Gran died, I used to climb onto her big bed and tell her my dreams. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z ‘But I didn’t know you could mix one dream with another.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The numbers, the equivalent of today’s lottery, were the dreams of Harlem and Mama’s only hope to do more with the little money Dad gave her each week. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I dream I’m picking the chokecherries off the chokecherry tree and putting them into the lard pail. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you worked harder you wouldn’t have these silly dreams.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z All because of the modern style of fishing Our Father dreamed up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I make it up in my mind—a dream for Moonie Drinker. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I don’t remember falling asleep, but I remember the dream. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Not only was this the first time Menda had ever spoken, but she recognized his voice as the same one that had spoken to her in a dream, months ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The house was quiet, and I was in the mist of some dream when I heard the owl cry its warning. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Only this is a different version of the mother I’m used to seeing in my dreams. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Like he felt hazy, lost in a dream. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The Levittown of my youth, and of Volpe’s early years in teaching, was the great suburban dream before the invention of the dream’s antidotes—video games, cable TV, the Internet. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Did you dream about the beach last night, Hela?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When I fall asleep that night, I dream that I’m in the Spinney. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I pretend I’m sleeping instead of thinking about my dream. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z His dream had left an ache in his heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It appeared and dissolved like a dream almost before anyone had a chance to wake up. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Balder would wake from these dreams in tears, troubled beyond all telling. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “We’ll both sleep, and dream of sweeter days. Close your eyes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what you’re talking about, son. You must have dreamt that.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her movements were slippery and slow, as though she was moving in a dream. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Blink!” shouted Joseph as he woke up from his dream. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “One day I will take photographs also,” she says, her dark eyes alight with the shine of her dream. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The memories, the dreams, all the night terrors blast back into my mind. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The small boy who looked in the kettle-hat, and who dreamed of well-water which always slipped away from his lips, had cherished an ambition to do some ordinary miracle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon they were sharing bike rides, jokes, struggles, and dreams. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Booth rode past Herndon House, where just two hours ago he had met with his gang and dreamed of this moment. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know I must be dreaming,” she said. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z That was King’s dream—a society that is capable of seeing each of us, as we are, with love. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was a dream I’d had often in the winter but seldom since. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Wearing Isabella’s top just might be the thing that finally makes Jace see me as the girl of his dreams instead of the girl with the five-head. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I can tell she’s trying to dream, unlock the storms mystery. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z "No," Tyrion admitted, "not me. I seldom even dream of dragons anymore. There are no dragons." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There is no reason to doubt the stove-heated room or the dreams, but all the evidence suggests that Descartes’ new philosophical life had begun exactly a year earlier, on 10 November 1618. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The horror of the stone and of the hideous shadow over the moon was fading, things left behind in the mists of the mountains or in a passing dream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z This boldness, such as it was, went against everything in him, but this was it, his last chance: act now, or lose his dream forever. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Rush set the terms for what became a high-stakes game of honesty by proposing that they dispense with the usual topics and report to each other on their respective dreams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This dream had flitted through my mind before. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Of all the dreams this is the worst. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I dream that I'll be rich one day and be able to go to college and get a job. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Only this time the dream had gone further than before. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He saw marriage as the loving alignment of two people who could lead parallel lives but without forgoing any independent dreams or ambitions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He called it a dream because he didn’t want to tell him it had really happened, that he had really seen it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She was used to seeing their transparent silhouettes gliding down the hallways of her parents’ house, making noise in the wardrobes and appearing in people’s dreams to predict calamities or lottery prizes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not a place he’d ever seen, except in his dreams. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z When I slept, I would dream that one came and drove on past without knowing I was here; then I would wake up and run to the road looking for the taillight disappearing. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The dream had seemed so vivid, so lifelike. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I seized the opportunity, and said: “I promise you that if I see any evidence of bad dreams I will wake you at once.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “I would never have dreamt of taking you to see her. I’m so frightfully sorry.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I know his dreams are about the war. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z That night she dreamt she gave birth to a baby who gave birth to a baby and so on and so on until morning. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z How many dreams of a happy life dashed? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It felt almost like a dream from long ago. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If there were etiquette guidelines for hosting goddesses in one’s dreams, he had never found that book at the Great Library. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z ‘Do not try to understand them. Look in the big bottle and you will now see the dream you is wanting for the Queen.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We even had the same dream at the same time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Percy, you have to promise me something. Don’t tell the others about this dream.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was a scholarship boy’s dream come true. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was something of a confirmation of their new dreams and good intentions when at the end of their journey the daughter first lifted herself up and stretched her young body. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “Phhh. Well, you tell her it’s a real Fourth of July picnic. It’s what we dream a doing all weekend, get back in they houses to polish they silver,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That orphan's dream suddenly became a reality for me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Tristran slept on the leather seat of the coach, his head on a sack of oats; he dreamed of ghosts, and of the moon and stars. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z For one day she lay dreaming of the part in Jackson's hair. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Having decided I was dreaming, I did what one does in dreams: I tried to understand and use the rules of this queer reality. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When he fell asleep that night, he slept hard and dreamed of soaring high. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The two of them had carved out a life here, built hopes and dreams together side by side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was the first time I had dreamt of my family since I started running away from the war. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Babulya said dreams were usually nonsense, but some were God’s way of helping someone with a problem. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z There’s enough wide-open space for me to feel like I can actually chase my dreams here, and I’ll be able to reach them too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The following night while asleep, my father was visited by a dream. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z In my dream, I thought they were the hacker group, the Coalition of Pity. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She dreamed of oceans of ink and forests of quills and an endless bog of words. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I could hardly wait to see where my life would take me next, what new goals I would set for myself, what dreams I would hold on to. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In my dream, spring came after summer, came after fall, came after winter, came after spring. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Coraline kept the key around her neck, but she put the gray marbles beneath her pillow; and in bed that night, Coraline dreamed a dream. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I had come to think of it in the same way most children think of the Fae court, a mythical place reserved for dreaming about. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "No. Go on back to sleep. I had a bad dream." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z This was one of those uninhibited dreams that come free with growing up. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I was in the middle of a dream. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Even my own terrible experiences in Castle Dracula seem like a long-forgotten dream. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z That black river ... it was like something in a bad dream. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And I couldn’t make fun of her for that dream. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Each time I fell asleep, I dreamed of a hooded figure pursuing me, and woke in a sweat. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z And the singing yellow bird seemed like something that had been hidden in Mrs. Borkowski’s dream suitcase, too. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The season was slipping away, the fabled cry of “State in eighty-eight!” that had been etched on the backs of cars and scribbled in yearbooks a minute away from becoming a failed dream. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At least once a week Matt dreamed of the dead man in the field. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Just need a minute to regroup or prepare or breathe or make sure this isn’t a dream or something. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Surprised? I guess I was. Will Tweedy, I swear I hardly knew what was happening. It was like being in a dream where you can’t move.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z While Lee helped him Adam said, “I had a dream—very real. I dreamed about my father.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Last night I dreamed my brother was alive again. We were jousting before some great lord, riding Crunch and Pretty Pig, and men were throwing roses at us. We were so happy...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Grace closed her eyes, praying that it was a dream, that she could go back in time and wake up in her bed a year ago and have everything go back to normal. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z As he watched, Rat said, it made him think of some freaky opium dream. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t tell him how I never wanted to work in any of those offices, or that I’ve also dreamt of performing on a stage I’ve built. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I thought you dreamed of selling your own line of jewelry.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z But we couldn’t be lawyers or engineers, fashion designers or artists—or anything else we dreamed of. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Back in the present, these thoughts tormented Mark for at least another hour—and he knew if he dreamed it would only get worse. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The black-and-white photos looking back at me were proof it wasn’t a dream. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z What’s happened to met Even the battle seemed half a dream when he tried to think back on it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But if I’d been letting my dreams get away from me and dreamed about Javi and me, who’s to say other people’s thoughts didn’t get away from them—but not with affection, with a denigration. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He dreamed of being an actor or a singer; he reenacted TV shows at the dinner table, playing every part, his bright smile practically jumping through his lips. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I finish filling out the sheet and wave it at Uhmma, who stands there cupping in two hands a chance at our dreams. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z ‘Every dream in the world is making a different sort of buzzy-hum music. And these grand swashboggling ears of mine is able to read that music.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And in my dream, the golden Titan had talked about several more challenges to come, as if Typhon were only the first. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I trace the pattern in the silver, a series of connecting lines that I know so well I see it in my dreams. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This was a dream I could never share, one I carried deep inside my heart, tucked so far down that I hadn’t even realized it was there until it sprang out of me, fully formed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was a dream—another field to run through, because why the heck not? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I suppose it was mainly us newcomers who talked about “dream futures” that winter, though a number of veterans did too. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have dreamed that’s where they want us to go, anyway,” said Albert. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She had to hold on to her normal way of looking while simultaneously slipping into the trancelike open dreaming in which she could see the Shadows. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It took me a while to get to sleep and when I did, Mom and Dad and Miss Riley and Mr. Caton and Calvin Suggs alternately intruded into my dreams. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I never dreamed, though, what Malcolm X was actually going through. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Prolix, quartz, quandary, sylpb, rhythm, all the old tricks with consonants I could dream up or remember. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In my dream I have somehow figured out that to catch a cloud means I’ll fly to heaven. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z One closed door away from the answers I’d dreamed of ever since I first read that last unfinished page. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z To see a glowworm in one’s dreams meant a loved one would fall ill. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z This book is perfect if you love thought-provoking literature from an objective, rational viewpoint, or if you dream about one day traveling the world yourself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In whatever dream she faced, the fear of Henry was there and Wash’s ring was not. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z More often he and his dog were off with his friends, dreaming up adventures. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was sure that all his precious dreams had been safely loaded on to the jeeps, the BFG said, ‘Now we is driving back to the bellypoppers and picking up the frightsome giants.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "I dreamed of a winged wolf bound to earth with grey stone chains," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I asked, Did you become a sculptor, like you dreamed? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He felt Frolic stir and turn in his light puppyish slumber, probably dreaming of birds and chipmunks to chase. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z My dream was to someday live inside it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And while it is true that many families are descended from contract colonists not unlike the present-day braceros, all hold to the dream of the longhorn steer and the unfenced horizon. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He could do that sometimes, make himself dream about a certain thing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Edgar Lee Masters, Chicago attorney and emerging poet, called the Court “an inexhaustible dream of beauty.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And when I arrived, I realized how shabby my dreams were, how poor my thoughts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a horrible, terrible thing, the worst thing, to watch somebody you love die right in front of you and not be able to do nothing about it. I dream about him most nights.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I hated the dreams with a burning passion, but the fact that I was having them didn’t seem like a big blockbuster of a surprise to me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of how there is no million-dollar defense, no dream team with briefcases filled with credentials. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z At night, dreams of the empty space began taunting him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z "But he followed you," I said, remembering my first dream. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Someone, a mere human, had taken the time to dream up this Satanic howling. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I wanted to watch out the window in case I wasn’t dreaming. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z With the dream of college officially dead and buried, he sent my brother to technical school, hoping he might develop an interest in computers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I had dreamed of seeing blue sky and feeling the sun on my face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She hollered, which woke me up, obviously, so my sleep depended on her sleep, and when I told her, “No bad dreams,” I was talking about her. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I guess for most kids, imaginary friends just sort of fade away, the way dreams do. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “But I don’t believe that the pursuit of one person’s dreams should come at the expense of the couple.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And so I dreamed that I too would meet the Virgin. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I know Mother would never allow that, but I dream about it, still. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We aren’t considered “real people” who have feelings and dreams and ambitions—people who want the best for their children, I railed to myself. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Harriet said she had had a dream while she was sleeping. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And this place acts like it doesn’t have any future dreams of us. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z My father always said it was his dream house. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I’ve never seen anything like it, since Mother and Father wouldn’t dream of shouting at each other like that. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He, who staked ten thousand on the throw of the dice and laughed, became more hard and mean in business, and sometimes dreamt of money at night. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I think he had been having a bad dream just before he woke up, but he did not say any-thing about it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z That night, I had my worst dream yet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Your parents knock and don’t immediately barge in? They’re a dream. Maybe we can get them to talk to my parents.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I dreamed I was in the woods again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt as if I were dreaming with a high fever. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It captured the hopes and dreams of the people and acted as a blueprint for the liberation struggle and the future of the nation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The class goes one after the other: Always dreaming of my next meal, we all laugh. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I drifted at last into uneasy sleep, and dreamt many evil dreams, and in one I saw a shadowy figure with no face creeping into our hut and bearing away the ten ollocks of rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But that night I dreamed of my grandfather and awoke depressed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He dreams of a house in Travis County, doors locked, unwilling to let him in again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Ugwu dreamed that the commander had given half of the goat to the soldiers and that they had chewed everything and swallowed the bones. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Everything was so strange and I thought maybe I was dreaming, but her hand on my arm felt like a real touch. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Dutchy is talking to me through the piano, and, as in a dream, I understand his meaning. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He covered well, spouting a pleasantry before shifting into Common Tongue to say, “This is a day such as dreams are made of. I never thought to set eyes on a Tizerkane warrior.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Still, the image haunted his dreams throughout the night: a lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “So you aim to be a princess. Well, everyone has a foolish dream. Gregory, for instance, dreams of a world where soup is legal. And that rat, Gregory is sure, has some foolish dream, too. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “I just mean the dreams. The words. Don’t we need to talk about Minerva finding the key?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They all listened carefully and discussed with Lily the warning that the dream had given. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Mama’s superstar dreams were flushed away, all ’cause of me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z His business in shambles, he decided he had nothing to lose by following his dream of a full-time writing career. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Time went past; stars set and other stars rose; a little cry came from the sleepers, but it was only Lyra dreaming. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I would never have dreamed of opening it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “No, just,” Nick says, “like actual weird dreams. Like I dreamed I was in the bathroom putting on my contacts, and I couldn’t figure out which lens went in which eye.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z My parents, Ron and Nellie, have always taught me that the first step to making dreams real is to ask for God’s guidance. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The dreams had been terror at loss, at something lost forever; but nothing was lost; all was retained between the sky and the earth, and within himself. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She got hit, and now she’s in some dream state where Luke Messenger spoke the lyrics she was just listening to, and has now handed her a towel that has the scent of pine trees. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But he fully understood the consequences of his landmark experiment: “The problem bristles with implications....This is something that has long been the dream of geneticists.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The memory came creeping upon him in the darkness, as vivid as a dream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I pictured the snowflaky, Grandma Moses villages, the reaches of swampland rattling with dried cattails, the ponds where frog and hornpout dreamed in a sheath of ice, and the shivering woods. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z If there was that same dream feeling about Michigan, then Francie would know that she was the one dreaming. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t ever make that dream happen. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z To make it last I refrained from putting a strain on it; when the lifeboat nudged the island, I did not move, only continued to dream. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the Mountain Spirit whispers in our dreams, or maybe the moon cannot help showing us when we close our eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Because only a slow-witted person would have the same dream all the time. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well act as if all this were a bad dream." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Some word from him that would rekindle the dream and stop the death they were dying. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Jonas said the standard phrase automatically, and tried to pay better attention while his mother told of a dream fragment, a disquieting scene where she had been chastised for a rule infraction she didn’t understand. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It was such a rosy dream that Francie started the next chapter in a fever of excitement. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse yet were the dreams he had of being alone and no one caring about him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z My dreams had become a secret meeting place, and in the weeks after she died I couldn’t wait to fall asleep at night. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They made their way to the outer rim of the dreaming dead city in the light of the racing twin moons. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z This was not the first girl to spend her time reading and dreaming in the attic, after all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z You’re giving up a smaller dream for a bigger one that you actually have a chance of achieving. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He said it was the dreaming of snakes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In his dream the sea would sweep the lagoon away too, swallowing everything—the houses, the bridges, the churches, the palaces, and the people who had built so boldly on its surface. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if he was dreaming about running free again without a rope tied to him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Those who wanted to sleep, not from fatigue but because of the nostalgia for dreams, tried all kinds of methods of exhausting themselves. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I smell your smell and I dream of you and I ache for you to come home. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A single clear drop of the stuff of dreams fell from the needle as it vanished in the Hound's muzzle. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z No disaster came in this dream, but it opened into another, and another. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s a smell I smell in those dreams. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Now, finally, she could say her dream response to Who are you? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Once, Nyame, the sky god, owned all stories. He kept them in a magnificent chest, woven from light and dreams. He kept them in...his Story Box.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z ‘I think you have dreamed that part of it, too, Your Majesty,’ Sophie said calmly. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d even dreamed of entering the Ice Court as a spy just like this, of striking at the heart of this nation that hated her so much. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They spent hours building model airplanes, talking and dreaming about cars, and playing on the school’s softball team. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He looked like someone coming out of a good dream. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the dream his deepest feeling was always one of self-deception, because he did in fact know what was behind the wall of darkness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There in the dark her memory was refreshed, and she succumbed to her earlier dreams. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She was asleep and dreaming of her mother, the queen, who was holding out a spoon to her and saying, “Taste this, my sweet Pea, taste this, my darling, and tell me what you think. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Nobody dreams of the things he already has. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The past few months could have been one of his strange dreams. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Throughout the dream, however, I’d had a feeling that it was all unimportant, that I actually had a far more pressing worry if only I could remember it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “The Mexican government denied their immigration papers and reversed their land grant. It was just another dream that went nowhere.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Lorena’s mom even dreamt about it the night before he left, so she knew something bad was going to happen. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Such a calculation drove home the enormous obstacles facing black boys and girls with dreams of someday becoming Arthur Ashes and Althea Gibsons. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy told them about his dream of Juno. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The most important thing is that we secure your path to graduation, and that you carry on and fulfill those dreams of yours.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Adams leapt at the suggestion and declared himself prepared to match his old friend “dream for dream.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He lay motionless, still listening; but all was now silent, and at last he turned and fell asleep again or wandered into some other unremembered dream. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She never dreamed it would turn out like it did. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My body feels like it's floating in a dream, until a mosquito decides to bite me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Here at the edge, it feels like a dream. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to rest but instead fall into the dream of the killing field. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He did not think it omened well that he should dream that dream again after so many years. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mom’s dream was to open her own bakery. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, you’re in the middle of the tunnel, and everything becomes a calm dream. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She’s dreamt of marrying Prince Henry since she was a little girl. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A city like this one makes me dream tall and feel in on things. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Four days had passed since they had escaped from the orcs, but the time lay behind them like an ever-darkening dream. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The church hierarchy consisted of a priest, whose duties included interpreting dreams. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did I say weird things in my dreams?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Working at Small’s is a dream come true. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z That wasn’t true; she had never dreamed that. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I was a real girl, my mother fed me her glass dreams one spoonful at a time. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Just over an hour ago, Cas would never have dreamed that Frankie Ochoa would look at her with such intense concern. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She told me once that she had agreed to marry my dad and live in Paintbrush Falls as long as he didn’t make her give up her dreams. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z It was as if the city knew about Percy’s dream of Gaea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But even into my deep sleep my dreams came. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t going to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a naturalist. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z All of her mother’s dreams of growing old and watching her grandchildren play had been brutally dashed into the dust. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked myself as I hurried home amid choking smog and a fear of tsotsis, “in thinking that I could ever be like him? Or am I simply dreaming?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After the dream she’d had, the last thing she needed was another baleful ghost glaring at her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z What was she doing here, in this home, in this dream? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He didn’t know I was watching him from the hallway, how he’d collapse against the refrigerator, his forehead pressed against the cold door, his eyes closed, his dreams outside of his body. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z To hang up the phone and fall back to sleep, wake up the next morning believing my call had been some crazy, late-night, Chinese-food-fueled dream. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She, of course, was conscious that this was a dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I would think of the place in the dream and wonder where it was. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Two and a half different dreams about sandy hair wrapped around his fingers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes I wanted it all to be a dream—the missal flung at the etagere, the shattered figurines, the brittle air. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she woke and stared at him out of a dream, and he said impatiently, “Well, and here is your son and yet you sleep on!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I discovered Emerson’s soporific qualities the hard way, by falling asleep with my face in the book, drooling all over an essay called “Self-Reliance” and having the vending-machine dream for the sixth time that week. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He had a strange face that, little by little, grew unsettling to me: it was a face, or so it seemed for an instant, from a dream I had almost forgotten. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like on nights when his brain is too full and he has bad dreams. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z It’s the place of his dreams, the place where he was married, where his children were born, where he was given the trust of his neighbors. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z How could this be, when Cecile dreamed up a name for Fern so marvelous that the idea of not being able to give it caused her to up and leave us? One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z During the night, as he slept in a ferryman’s straw hut, Siddhartha had a dream. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z "I was dreaming,” I answered defensively, "about a place where there weren’t any cats around to bother nice dogs and wake them up when they needed their rest.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z What would need explaining would be the nonoccurrence of such dreams. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His watch showed that only three hours of this bad dream had passed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A dream I could never wake up from. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My feelings became divided; in spite of myself I would dream of a locked cupboard in a near-by neighbor’s house where a gun was kept. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had kind of a waking dream about it. wondering what Marburg was.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For many years the sheriff dreamed of spending the shining time hunting and fishing—wandering in the Santa Lucia range, camping by half-remembered streams. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Storyteller and secretary and doer of odd jobs, neither Tizerkane nor delegate, just someone along for the dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But she did not speak of her dreams again and, after a while, neither did anyone else. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But he's always telling me over and over again that I owe it to my mother to accomplish her dreams of being a marathon winner. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There is the deep and appealing notion that the universe is but the dream of the god who, after a hundred Brahma years, dissolves himself into a dreamless sleep. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Before there was you. Before there was this storm, there was Frank and me and the dream of this house. It’s the place we made our family.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It won’t be until June 11, 1998, when I can proudly say, “Now my dream of being the first person in my family to graduate is coming true!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Aware in some corner of my consciousness that I was dreaming, I recognized the green light of the forest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z How could they best appropriate the uncanny ability we kept to dream? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I don’t know if I got the words from a movie or what, but they were there: “I’m the answer to your dreams, baby.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z It was like a waking dream and I attempted to transfer it to paper as simply and truthfully as I could. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For a minute I thought I was dreaming because from outside there suddenly erupted the same volcano of noise of a day ago. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a funny feeling he’d had the same dream before. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She wanted to tell him it wasn't a dream, but she was just too tired to explain the whole complicated story. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Some days, Sefia ran through the steps so often that she dreamed of them when she slept. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “It is hardly likely master would laugh, I should think, Miss, when he was in such danger: You must have been dreaming.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In one dream, she wore the leather mask again, but they handed her something to hold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z No one was spared, regardless of the shape of their dreams or the color of their skin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She slept twice more, dreaming of her and Royal in her cabin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It is two in the morning, a week later, and I bolt awake from a dream of endless running and falling. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Hey, Tony!” they shouted and raced towards me, and in one sweep I was gathered into the arms of the giants of my dreams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In my dream, he healed Dante’s bird and set it free into the summer sky. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z "It would frighten you out of your skin and give you bad dreams." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z There were still times when the vision of the prunus vase he had once dreamed of making appeared in his mind’s eye, as if mocking him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I don’t know what I dream about, but when I wake up gasping, I hear the sound of crushed bones in my ears—is it the TV? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I have placed the crucifix over the head of my bed—I imagine that my rest is thus freer from dreams; and there it shall remain. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Then, in the dream, someone grabbed her shoulders and spun her around. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Did you know she believes in angels and dreams?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Before I had a chance to tell him he was in my dream, too, Francis said impatiently: “Come on, Charles. What’s the matter?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I close my eyes, trying not to cry, dreaming of the perfect Melody-made computer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The ghosts’ existence, if it can be called that, is like a miserable dream. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They are backward and primitive craft, moving, compared to the immense interstellar distances, with the slowness of a race in a dream. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was just a very convincing dream that I’d confused with reality. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The house plots were modest, typically about six thousand square feet, but they were footholds on the dream. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z For the last couple nights, Nailer had lain in his bunk, his head filled with words and letters, dreaming of spellings that Knot had tricked him with. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “This can’t be happening, it’s just a dream, just a dream, wake up, hurry,” I kept telling myself as I stepped back into the store. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘Wake up, wake up, Master Holbytla!’ he cried; and at length Merry came out of deep dreams and sat up with a start. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Left with the class’s emblematic cars, Lilly Pulitzer skirts and Ralph Lauren shirts, their golf, tennis, and soccer, and, most conspicuously, their houses, they have staked out their place and inflated the American dream. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Tonight, like me, you can dream of the escape. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It lies like an empty shell amidst the tangle of the deep woods, even as I saw it in my dream. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If certain birds appeared in dreams, this showed a quarrel would occur in the home. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z But not one of them had yet dreamed about a name for Neewo. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Percy dreamed he was standing on the front porch of the Big House at Camp Half-Blood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A retrial was requested, but Ray, seventy, died of liver failure on April 23, 1998, before the new trial could take place.5 After King’s assassination, I worried that the Civil Rights dream might end. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Grampa sounded so wrongheaded, I couldn’t believe it Maybe some of what Dad was always spouting about equality and the American dream had rubbed off on me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “I was just telling your mom that I have this recurring anxiety dream,” he said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Is like a monster to me, and if I hear it in a dream, then I know is rime to wake up and listen to the rooster. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Night came to the garden of the giraffes, and Billy Pilgrim slept without dreaming for a while, and then he traveled in time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When Loki heard Balder talk of his bad dreams, Loki smiled. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Penelope hardly thought this necessary, but Lady Constance assured her that signed, binding contracts were the custom in these parts, a charming formality which she would not dream of omitting. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It wasn’t hard to see why he’d tucked his dream into his books for safekeeping. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He would dream that men were coming to get him with knives and guns. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z So he walked and walked for miles every day, lost in his dreams, or dwelling in a meditative state. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Mom and Dad were talking. I fell asleep, and their conversation turned into a dream.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Basketball players wouldn’t dream of doing wind sprints in the rain. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Something exploded near the barracks, shaking me out of my dream. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Her voice in my dream is as real as if she were really there. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Out of the mist of this dream, one thing becomes clear clear. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z It was nice to see him, but always by the end of the dream he was gone, and in some horrible rending kind of way. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I just close my eyes and dream about a lady I do not know. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I wish it were a dream and that I had never hooked him. I’m sorry about it, fish. It makes everything wrong.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My dream of being a lawyer was gone. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z It was the life she had always dreamed of—we were even citizens now—and in the United States no less. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I want to dream a nice dream for him, and another of him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They were far enough into their dream that neither of them heard the next shot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Who else has gone bonkers? Do you know what I dreamed? Remember that hill in front of the museum?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He dreams more and more about establishing an artists’ commune in Arles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Oh, it is my dream to see a lighthouse’? Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And it was during this praying time that Gabriel had a dream. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We split into different versions of the same dream. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “I just don’t want anyone, not even Gwydion, dreaming up another scheme to have me turn invisible.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z In the dream, screams rend the air and somehow I know that the pain and suffering are my fault, that the dead have fallen by my hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z During those winter months she was troubled by a recurrent, disturbing dream which had no meaning. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In his dream, Dallas crawled out from under the tree and went to the edge of the stream, where a spectacular silver bird hopped along the bank. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I’d had a recurring dream about Sing Sing that took place in this tunnel at night. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It found differences in the views of rich and poor in some areas, including the likelihood of achieving the American dream. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He tipped the dreams into the enormous jar he was clutching and as each one went in, Sophie caught a glimpse of a small sea-green blob tumbling from one jar into the other. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In her dream, he was explaining something—something important—but his voice was obscured by the rumble of the volcano. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z To me, at the time, this seemed just too close a match to what we then knew to be Ruth’s “dream future.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She half wondered if she was starring in a movie, or dreaming, or maybe even dreaming about starring in a movie. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When it was burning and the charcoal was at last getting hot he turned, noticing Brian for the first time in the dream. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z When I’m finished, I just want to curl up in bed, with a soft pillow, and sleep without dreams. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Once, she had let her mind wander as she thought about the woman in her dreams. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But in my dream it was the maiden who held the sword. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z In the dim light, I saw fear flit across his face as if he were dreaming about the bad thing. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I opened the door of the second bedroom, where Dad used to sleep and dream when he was my age. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help thinking about my dream, with Annabeth crumpled and lifeless in Luke’s arms. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I dream that I get out of bed and walk across the room, not this room, and go out the door, not this door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Our entrance into the beer-selling business didn’t exactly work the miracles I had dreamed of. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She dreamed of martens in black jackets and a book in a brown-paper cover. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As they did so, the old lady moaned, like someone disturbed by a bad dream. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I have had variations of the same dream since we immigrated to America. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z That girl, she doesn’t even get the dream of the football captain. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Lulled by the sunshine and my dreams, I felt someone pulling at my sleeve. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z What was I doing in this sociopath’s bedroom, in her mind, rummaging through her dreams, her nightmares? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z "I don't have to tell you my dreams. I'm the prince. I'm the Stark in Winterfell." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The next thing I heard was the song on my radio as the alarm went off, waking me out of a cold, sweaty dream. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But Aunty Uju did not want to leave; she had, for as long as Ifemelu could remember, dreamed of owning a private clinic, and she held that dream in a tight clasp. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I dreamed of driving that car: The AM/FM radio on. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He slept, he dreamed, he watched. / was going to be a knight, Bran remembered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Is this where you saw your father in your dream, Bran?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She would ride on the river— she could hardly believe it—and it might take her to the shining city she had dreamed of, or it might drown her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Although it was his dream and not mine, I indulged it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He dreamt that Govinda stood before him, in the yellow robe of the ascetic. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I could never dream up something this weird. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z One night I dreamed I didn’t have any legs. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Everything else sort of feels like I’m slogging through a dream. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z In my heart, I know there’s another dream. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He clutched it to his chest and hurried towards the shelves on which stood the thousands and thousands of smaller jars containing the captured dreams. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z So, instead of asking him about the war, I asked him if he ever dreamed about Bernardo. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Pomp is a fellow given to dreams, and did not much mind his tedious days nor his isolate, swampy environs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A week after she left his bed, he dreamt again of Rosa and awakened on wet sheets. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is it really bad? I think I had a dream about Auggie last night.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Certainly I never dreamed I could have undiscovered red highlights but Andrea said I could; I just needed to encourage them to come out. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She tossed and turned all night, as if she were wrestling ghosts in her dreams. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After six years I was leaving Kraków, the city of my childhood dreams, the city that had become a nightmare, and was heading into the unknown. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z "All of us have dreams that come true sometimes. You dreamed of your lord father in the crypts before we knew he was dead, remember?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Because the dream took place in a desert,” I reply. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He tells you to dream some more, to find the pond and pour more tears into it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone has an Aunt Matilda who had a vivid dream of a fiery car crash the night before Uncle Mortimer wrapped his Ford around a utility pole. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And behind the film of frost etching the glass I saw two brashly painted plaster images of Mary and Jesus surrounded by dream books, love powders, God-Is-Love signs, money-drawing oil and plastic dice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yes," he said, to whoever was in the tree, "I was dreaming." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I almost forgot about you; there was so much work leading to other work and another life—like picking up coins in a dream. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Liang scratched his head, almost believing it had been a dream. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Most kids couldn’t wait for the end of October and filled their dreams with Halloween candy. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z A dream couldn’t possibly capture the intensity of this moment. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She had been inside the dream for less than a minute—two mere spans of the great seraph’s hand, paced forth and back—when she realized that she had a smile on her face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If he had her gift, he wondered, could he go into her dreams and help her to endure them? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z No food that I could dream of seemed half so utterly delicious as vanilla wafers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And so they slept, and as they slept, they dreamed again of talking birds. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It makes me shiver to hear her say that after the dream I had last night. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "A sweet dream, Shae. Now put it aside, I beg you. It can never be." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The next morning she awoke to chaos, the sounds of running, shouting, and the scream of machines invading her dreams. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Each time his fears at awakening were so identical that he did not doubt but what these dreams were the same. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Just find out what her dreams are and so on. Explain the facts of life. But not too much of Freud.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a whispering noise that began then to run through the hall, a low susurrus that caused Shadow, in his dream, to experience a chilling and inexplicable fear. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Sorry I can’t be what you want me to be. Sorry I’m not your dream girl.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z You might think I felt betrayed, my childhood dreams of the University cruelly shattered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had thought the three-eyed crow would be a sorcerer, a wise old wizard who could fix his legs, but that was some stupid child’s dream, he realized now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had cried in her sleep the night before, dreaming of her father. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He looked thinner than the last time I’d dreamed of him, and his sandals were spattered with mud, but the same cruel light shined in his eyes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The boys would wave to the crew and dream of being aboard. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He is a rabbit, but he is that cold, bad dream from which we can only entreat Lord Frith to save us today and tomorrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the Abnegation puts a cup of steaming liquid under my nose and says, “Drink this. It will help you sleep as it helped some of the others sleep. No dreams.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His dreams of wealth quickly slipped away, and he wrote, humbly: “I guess none of us were smart enough to pass inspection. It made interesting conversation while it lasted, anyway.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a blur, like a dream sequence in the sort of movie that comes with subtitles. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The chest of toys contained nursery-rhyme booklets, Monopoly and word-association games, building blocks, Snakes-’n’-ladders, jigsaw puzzles and many other kinds of games no black child ever dreamed of having. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A royal commission was the dream of all potters, but Tree-ear sensed somehow that it was more than a dream for Min. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z There must have been fifty thousand dreams altogether up there on the shelves, but he seemed to know almost exactly where every one of them was. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The dream is something about silos and a truck and a yellow field, no longer desolate but full of color. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He says, “Mostly, I dreamed about being squished. You know how some dreams blend in pieces of real life? And there was something about the belly of a dog. And I think it was Moonie.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Ow, Daddy, the Popsicle hurts,” Lucy told Tiller in his dream. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z That night’s dream was similar to the others. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I was through and, in spite of the dream, I was whole. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound rouses them instantly, their hearts hammering as if from the same frightening dream. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell my dream to the fellers, but weeks later I told it to Grandpa Blakeslee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Lolo, my grandfather, used to say, “That’s how dreams work. You just have to do them.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She had always been independent, self-sufficient, but she’d lost that part of herself at the mercy of someone else’s failed dream. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In the hierarchy of the school, where girls and partying and clothes and fancy cars were as important as academics, being a football player opened doors that other students could only dream of. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It has always been my dream to see the world-famous statue of Abraham Lincoln. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not dead,” he told her in the dream. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “You have to believe you are worthy of love, of happiness. That you are worthy of your wildest dreams coming true.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I dream that I’ve found a red plastic purse, hidden in a drawer or trunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Before the light collapsed back into darkness, Cole realized the at.oow he had dreamed of was not covering him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I woke up super early because of the dream, and didn’t go back to sleep. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It makes me dizzy to think about it, as though I’m dreaming. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I think I have to wait to write about it because I’m afraid I’m dreaming. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At least one of them had made it into their dream coven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z "I dreamed of the man who came today, the one they call Reek. You and your brother lay dead at his feet, and he was skinning off your faces with a long red blade." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He didn’t get me up either, and from a bad dream I woke with a start, knowing things were wrong, knowing I had missed something vitally important. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The dream was at fault, for the treadmill mood of it had lingered, making him question Nye’s assertions—in a sense, disbelieve them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom finally put her foot down and insisted it was okay for me to quit, scuttling Stephen Kellner’s dreams of me playing professional soccer before they even made it out of dry dock. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But there was no beauty here, no real merriment or joy, just transactions, people seeking escape or some colorful oblivion, some dream of decadence that they could wake from whenever they wished. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But Diderot’s peculiar chapter also serves as a warning: with its dream framing, its monsters and its allegories, its linguistic slipperiness, it conveys a sense of difficulty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Defeat them and I will give you rewards you never dreamed of. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It seemed likely to him that leaving this house he would leave the last haven he was to know, and so while the short dream lasted he would be happy in it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Our bathwater was scented with petals and attars. Believe me, don’t believe me, it was a luxury you cannot dream.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was a lot scarier in the dream. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He carved the stone of Behistun into a staircase—one step at a time—all the while dreaming that he’d reach the peak of the mountain and by then he’d have changed the world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “My husband the millionaire,” she said, dreaming of Florida retirement. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If only he could take that pitcher into his dreams. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sh. Sh. Someone might hear us. If I go to my ancestors before we meet again, my spirit will come to you in a dream. I promise it.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was full of buzzing and murmuring, and the figures wandering around the parking lot looked as if they had escaped from the dreams of children and not the words of an old man. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z All I have left are my dreams and memories, but if God is willing, some day I’d like to go back—back to those beautiful hills. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually she came out of her dream and tapped the map again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The eye filmed over again as the snake carried on with whatever evil vision it was dreaming. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “In fact, I dreamed it, so I’m certain he did.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z To be more specific: She was lost in a dream of long ago, a dream filled with laughter and Black Forest cake and sun-dappled meadows that rang with the singing of adorable birds— “Miss? Miss?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Buttercup’s mother was a gnarled shrimp of a woman, thorny and worrying, who had always dreamed of somehow just once being popular, like the Countess was said to be. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I kept waking up in a kind of terror and then falling to sleep again and having the same dream. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Was the scene of our wedding in the woods a false dream? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z So go to sleep, my little Brandon, my baby boy, and dream sweet dreams. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She dreamed a wolf was howling, and the sound was so terrible that it woke her at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Since you’d gone, I hadn’t given a thought to my dream of becoming a teacher. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She pronounced her cousin’s name like dream without the m. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sat awake for fear the dream would return. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Then I dream that I am falling into deep water, and I cannot swim but awaken gasping for air. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Of course, I’ve never been to a concert because I’m not allowed, but when I dream about going to a show, Jeff Tweedy is crooning, “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Five years back with her, and yet I still dream about her leaving us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Here, in my dream, I’m not afraid of tripping over something I can’t see. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes I dream about being in the church choir. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His cause was lost and his dreams of glory over. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z All night long, in all those other strangers’ dreams, she’d heard scarcely a word she could understand, but this one was speaking it without even an accent. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I dreamed about the stairs again that night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We would not talk of Manderley, I would not tell my dream. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I wondered, briefly, what their dreams looked like—or if they dreamt at all. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The sort of apples you dream about all year but can only get for a few span during the fall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She remembered the fever dream she had after the scorpion sting. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered if the bird remembered anything of her life before, if she wanted to tell her brother things, if she dreamed of having two legs and running. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It’s like traveling into nothing, a hazy dream. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t dream of it,” said Fred, who was looking like his birthday had come early. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Percy had only seen him in dreams before, but it was definitely Krios, the Titan that Jason had killed in the battle for Mount Tam. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the last doze period before daylight, before he awakened finally with the morning light and the clouds of new mosquitos, he dreamed. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I dream of the former, but suspect the latter. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I dreamed that Amaka submerged me in a toilet bowl full of greenish-brown lumps. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s even longer if you spend it chasing dreams that can never, ever come true.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Why bother with my dream that had no way of coming true? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A few days later—after I’d moved past my tears—I actually began feeling excited to find the right agent, someone I’d feel comfortable with, who could share in my dream. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And, strangely, she dreamed of Mrs. Derby, whose face sometimes replaced her mother’s in her dreams. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z As we saw every Sunday arriving at Parkway Gardens for dinner, my grandfather lived with the bitter residue of his own dashed dreams. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That man in the hallway that day: Surely that had been a dream! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In her dream they had been man and wife, simple folk who lived a simple life in a tall stone house with a red door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Starving men dream of food. I dream of frost.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were very much in love, full of dreams, and in the ordinary flow of their lives the whole scenario might well have come true. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Andrew said it was up to me, and I wanted to be a good son, but the dreams of my mother were opposite the wishes of my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew she was helping fulfill April’s dream. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Holding the driver’s license she crawled into bed and fell into a sleep full of dreams of cobalt blue. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Thirty minutes before, I was in my soft bed, dreaming in music. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Maybe the medicine man didn’t laugh all the time; maybe the dreams and the voices were taking over again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to be helpful to Mama, to give her the dream of her own place, but she also just wanted to be a kid, like back in Georgia. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, I sit at my sewing machine and dream about the great transformation I’m going to make someday. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If Death-Cast hit me up last night, they would’ve knocked me out of that dream I was having where I was losing a marathon to some little kids on tricycles. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Though Frenchy’s concepts of reducing were in some cases medieval, they were generally safer than those the jockeys dreamed up on their own, so Woolf probably benefited as a result. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When she closed her lids over those mirror eyes, I turned to the woods and invited the dreams in, hoping they’d include the last face I memorized in profile. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He was dreaming: he was shaking and growling in his sleep. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z After New Year’s the second big change occurred: my dream, through which I discovered my longing for...a boy; not for a girlfriend, but for a boyfriend. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was quite easy for her to attribute her condition to certain dreams she had experienced while her husband was away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed of going north and writing books, novels. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to go through it again, but I told them the story, including my dream about the Titans. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z These were the worst dreams, and when he woke, he hated himself almost as much as he hated her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Sumpweed, in particular, would have been a nutritionist’s ultimate dream, being 32 percent protein and 45 percent oil. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "It was a dream, I think. What'd they get him for?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I think maybe I want to study dreams when I’m old enough to actually choose what I want to study. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Here it's safe, here it's warm Here the daisies guard you from every harm Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true Here is the place where I love you. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I cover her up, then go to bed and dream. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But then it’s morning time and my mind is not dreaming so much anymore and the day is just like the day it was before—a day without my papi in it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z You know that shirt you have that says, “I am my ancestor’s wildest dream”? That’s what I’m trying to do here; I’m changing the narrative. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Whatever you have, the important thing is that you never stop dreaming.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I awoke because of a dream, but I can’t recall specifics. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I was dreaming about you when you called.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z In these dreams, I’m a famous writer who wears flamboyant scarves and travels all around the world, meeting fascinating people. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He was made up of the dreams and memories of the Shona people, but he was also the spirit of Zimbabwe. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But the AEC’s dream of thermonuclear research blooming via a collegial relationship between Los Alamos and Livermore proved chimerical. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Secrecy was forbidden in the community, and the dream of the hidden newchild caused her to wake with a feeling of guilt and dread. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The dream seemed to last five minutes, but it had actually been hours, and it was now Wednesday morning. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “It’s no use having that dream,” she said. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t understand that, at least she didn’t understand how it made him feel when he heard her making plans and dreaming about things that cost money he didn’t have. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Congress admonished the brain busters not to waste taxpayer money on “science fiction” and dreams of manned spaceflight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He was going to be able to save the little money he had because of a dream about hidden treasure! The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s new to me. I mean, I had some lucidity in dreams before, but not predictably, and never like this. Only since you came.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Perhaps of all the strange things in the dream, this was the strangest. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I must not deceive myself; it was no dream, but all a grim reality.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He was anxious that he might miss her visit, as though his dreams were a door she might even now be knocking on, and finding no one at home. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That, for a few moments, I can hold my breath and be back there with you, in a dream, in a thousand rooms, nowhere at all? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When I wake up, I cry like I always do, but my tears are interrupted by the memory of something new in the dream. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “I dream all the time,” I told him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z All along, Beatriz was looking for the perfect opportunity to make my dreams come tumbling down. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She should never have talked about the wolf dreams, Bran thought as Hodor carried him up the steps to his bedchamber. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But in a story, which is a kind of dreaming, the dead sometimes smile and sit up and return to the world. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Invisible, incorporeal, insubstantial as a murmur, Sarai slipped into their dreams, and what she discovered there, in the hours that followed, proved that the strangers were far from ridiculous. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was surely nothing to indicate at the time that such evidently small incidents would render whole dreams forever irredeem-able. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Everything Percy saw was a dream in the mind of the dark god of the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The queen's desperate voice is a sharp memory alongside Maman's dream advice. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The professor keeps talking and I keep dreaming and I begin to write a letter to the founder. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z For there were really two dreams, the first like a dim, blurred, infernal foreshadowing of the second. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z West Egg especially still figures in my more fantastic dreams. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Somehow I know I’m asleep in a dream, but it don’t matter, I can’t make noise and I can’t wake up and I can’t see Mom or Dad or the house. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Once, after she heard one of my dreams about a crow and a crab, she got quiet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But if you have to go before then, go on in pursuit of your dream. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sound of the dream was my own laughter. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, I told my mother what happened, and she laughed and said, “Don’t pay attention to Old Mr. Chou. He is only a dream. You only have to listen to me.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Between dreams he catches the sound of muffled voices in the hallway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She could offer the smallest smile and fill a boy’s head with dreams that would last deep into nightfall. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z And white girls from small towns weren’t supposed to dream big, either. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Two more years to hold on to my dream, and two more years of Open Mike Fridays. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I think I must be dreaming, but my dreams are never this lucid. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “But dreams give you insight,” I point out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z That night I had troubled dreams, of a police bust and vampires and a gangland-style execution. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t go dreaming about a big white flower he’d put on my wrist, and him telling my father he’d bring me home by nine o’clock. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Then the circus was gone, vanished as suddenly as it had appeared, like a fleeting dream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In his dream, he realized that each statue had a name burning on the floor in front of it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I felt better when I got away from Miles, like the revelation I’d had in the chemistry classroom had been nothing but a dream, and I’d woken up from it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But when it comes to coordination, this is an unrealizable dream. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But there was a world out there, a world Alex had dreamed of exploring. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I had many dreams in which I saw myself or different people burning in the fires of hell. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nor have I. Like a dead man. No dreams.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She dreamed about coming home and finding the apartment empty, cleaned out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She found temp work at legal agencies, keeping alive that distant dream of going to law school. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Part of the shiny, future Twinkle dream or not, Neil wasn’t someone I wanted to be with. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Did you have a bad dream after all? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed of a life without Rachel, and now I could have one. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She also found it hard to believe that we could get to America with the help of white people; it seemed like an impossible dream. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He gave himself up to the country, and dreamt. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z No dreams of me foolishly thinking that I too could be like Miss America. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Just talking about all that delicious food made my stomach rumble, but it was fun to dream. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z But when she looked at the Lion she didn’t feel quite so sure it was a dream, yet for some reason she did not appear to be very frightened. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Then I would sit on the front steps and dream of eaung another box; the craving would finally become so acute that I would force myself to be active in order to forget. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s nothing to worry about, Mama. Pretty sure everyone has bad dreams occasionally. I know Jupe does.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The neighborhood sensed this, and in my dream the people were jumping, shaking, and jamming as if the rent weren’t due for six months. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His dreams went more or less the same way. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I come all this way to get lovely golden dreams and what is I catching?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You guys have dreamt about this for many years, to be a part of this team, some of you since you were knee-high. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, what a frightful dream I have had! Beyond all imagining!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I try not to think of the dark morning the Empire claimed me, but it haunts my dreams still. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “You said dreams are one of three ways to reach Beyond. What are the other two?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He felt as though she were the center of this small, surreal galaxy—indeed, that it was she who was dreaming him, and not the other way around. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His place is to be a lover, with his secrecy and his almost-empty rooms, and his baleful memories and bad dreams. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As I talked I felt that I was acting out a dream. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The ringing of the phone wakes me from my dream. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z All of his plans, all of his dreams, disappeared in that scattered pile of ash. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Chou, I dream of the day when we have power again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the weeks since her father had died, Ash’s memory of her midnight encounter with the Fairy Hunt had seemed more like a dream than reality. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I was about to say that my past was gone from my memory, just like my dreams. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z His sleep had been uneasy, full of dreams of fire, and waking brought him no comfort. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “They must love the holler, just like we all did. I dream of it all the time. And to be back here now, oh...” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I cringed at the idea of Mom running her own place, stress smoking and screaming at the help, but there were worse dreams to have. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “If you leave right now, you won’t even be late for school. Hurry along. “And thank you again, Jonas,” she added, as he went to the door, “for your dream.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I mean, not the first dream of being accepted into Prism, but it’s a perfect backup. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z That night, he had another dream about wild dogs. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Even as I blinked to focus in disbelief, I knew the vision before my eyes could not have been anything else but a dream. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “He bent down on one knee and whispered to me, ‘If you’ve ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z One night I dream of the corn plant. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z We were any teacher’s dream, yet at that moment it made me sad. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Maybe he had fallen asleep out in the snows and dreamed himself a safe, warm place. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I couldn't decide if it were from watching some similar scene in the movies, from books I'd read, or from some recurrent but deeply buried dream. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat alone and watched the stars and dreamed of Diego. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And was this imprisonment God’s way of curbing his pride, tempering his vainglorious dreams? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Nor was he able to sleep well the rest of that week, and when he finally did he dreamt of Rosa. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Both she and Danny come from poor backgrounds and were the first in their families to go to college and accomplish their dreams. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I mean, I’m sure it’ll be painted over by the end of the year, but a girl can dream. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Hardly the kind of man a wife dreams about, she told herself. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I wonder about her appearing in the dream. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Words that explained the world to her, its dark side and its light side, words that built a wall to keep out bad dreams. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Ghost slept at the foot of the bed that night, and for once Jon did not dream he was a wolf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes when you wake up you can’t tell if it was dreaming or real. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z More fiercely than I would have dreamed I was capable of, I wished for the green, protective forests of Forks . . . of home. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “But how? Adaon’s clasp has given me no idea. The dreams I had of the cauldron are without meaning to me. If I could only understand them...” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Avery lay dreaming that the Ferris wheel had stopped and that he was in the top car. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The whole routine is so familiar now, like a recurring dream. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We hurried home to begin living a life I had never imagined in my wildest dreams. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, George Lucas is one of the most famous examples of someone who got his start at USC’s film school, which also happens to be my dream school. But...” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He would turn his thoughts toward Hatsue then and keep them there until at the verge of sleep the war swam back to spill forth horribly anyway in his dreams. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She had never dreamed such destruction was possible! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam drove exuberantly from farm to farm, picked up dirt and crumbled it in his fingers, talked and planned and dreamed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And then I’ll dream I float up to the stars and hear them whispering to each other. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z And now that I think about it, I’d had a dream about my brother. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Even in a dream you had to land, didn’t you? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It takes me a moment to understand that I’m not dreaming. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I was not then a bit sleepy, at least so I thought; but I must have fallen asleep, for, except dreams, I do not remember anything until the morning, when Jonathan woke me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z For you never know when a sparrow with wide dreams and little bright eyes will come hopping hopping into your life again. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Paris, it seems, is where I've come to dream about America. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She was like somebody having a dirty dream, confusing her pillow for a lover. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Green with spring, dreaming of the future yet wet with blood. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The days seemed to last too many hours, and the nights were too dark and brought strange dreams. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mere weeks ago, they’d stood on these very steps crowded among fourteen other Yaba boys who, like them, had spent their whole lives dreaming of becoming Sons of the Six. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The sun and moon and stars had been gone so long that Asha was starting to wonder whether she had dreamed them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s funny, but I often have such vivid images in my dreams. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She would never let either of them know that a world had collapsed for her, a dream had been destroyed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And yes, these are all the scents that, until five minutes ago, made up the Fragrance of Possibility but now reek of crushed dreams. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z When she went back to sleep she would dream again. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason had hoped that particular ghost would stay away, but every night the dream got worse. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “She was asleep and the warrior protected her while she dreamed.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Even his battle with Dana Matherson seemed like a fuzzy, long-ago dream. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With the infinite possibilities of dreaming, it wasn’t easy to narrow it down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They had things they must do otherwise K’oo’ko would haunt their dreams with her great fangs and everything would be endangered. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She waited, under the skin of her dream, not wanting to let her children in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The long ride on the trains was like a bad dream to me, the first letter from Jenny ran, but Mr. Milton talked to me with the greatest kindness and he kept my spirits up. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Yes,’ said Faramir, ‘of the land of Westernesse that foundered, and of the great dark wave climbing over the green lands and above the hills, and coming on, darkness unescapable. I often dream of it.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Follow the red monk who had saved them—but had terrified her dreams for years? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was a real American life, the life I’d always dreamed of. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything you can think of, and things you have never dreamed of, lie in wait. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she leans into my shoulder and I let her stay there and sleep for a little longer, dream for a little longer. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I had to motivate these kids to follow their dreams no matter their gender, race, religion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z My plans, maybe just my dreams really, had been to go to college, and to write like James Baldwin. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Stravinsky reported that the idea for a piece based on an ancient pagan dance of ritual human sacrifice came to him in a dream and that the scenario suggested such a deliberately layered sound. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was a warm night; he lay down in the old hay and he slept all night without dreams. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Our tea turned into a three-hour marathon of stories about our lives, fears, and dreams. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He said, ‘You’re lucky I’m saving my energy for the main event, little satyr. I’ll just grant you a short nap. Pleasant dreams.’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He dreamed that Master was calling him—Ugwu, my good man!—and when he woke up Master was standing at the door, watching him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When at last he lay down, he slept heavily, without a dream and without a worry. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the second supposition I put out my hand and awakened him, but the dream must have been strong. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Hecate expected her to defeat some super-powerful sorceress—the lady in the gold dress, whom Leo had described from his dream. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He let my mom do the dreaming for the two of them. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “What a stupid girl to have such bad dreams!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to throw something at the woman, to jolt her out of her little dream world. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The whole day could have been a blackout dream I spun for myself because admitting that I spent the whole day in bed is pathetic. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Once you are there, the rest of the universe seems nothing but an unpleasant dream. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t wanna wake up from the dream world,” I said, and midsentence my voice cracked, and the words twisted and turned in my mouth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Skills: Recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses, reflecting and analyzing themselves, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams, evaluating their thinking patterns, reasoning with themselves, understanding their role in relationship to others. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Judith sat dreaming, a little secret smile on her lips. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Davis said that he had dreamed of doing something like this for more than a decade. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Dede had looked at her husband, a long look as if she could draw the young man of her dreams out from the bossy, old-fashioned macho he’d become. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he went to bed alone, he dodged flak over Bologna again in a dream, with Aarfy hanging over his shoulder abominably in the plane with a bloated sordid leer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When Francie woke the next morning, Papa was there to tell her that it was all a dream. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it will be as easy to let him shoot me as it was in the fear landscape, as it is in my dreams. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Gogol wakes up late on a Sunday morning, alone, from a bad dream he cannot recall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Did Aaron Giebel see the iceberg looming as he built his San Simeon and dreamed his dream of cows strong enough to pull buildings? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is that a dream?” said he, placing it close to my eyes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As in a dream, Matthias gave the door a gentle tug. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I dreamed of being an engineer,” she says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “If I stop now, I may never have the strength to return. Your father appeared to me in a dream and asked me to bring you here,” he replied. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Or: “The child’s clumsy fingers fumbled in sleep, feeling vainly for the wish of its dream.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn't sleep all night; a fog-horn was groaning incessantly on the Sound, and I tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage frightening dreams. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Again he dreamed, but this time in the dream the shadow was inside his house, beside the door, reaching out to him through the darkness and whispering words he did not understand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z How, in the dream, she had kept him concealed in a drawer. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They had big dreams for their kids, and they knew it all started with school. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “She can go into dreams. It’s her gift. She came into mine.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He walked as in a long, long dream, going no place. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z "I don't remember what it was about, but it was a lovely dream." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Besides, doing basketball portraits is the closest I’ll ever get to my father’s dreams for me, so I might as well let him enjoy one now. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were following the exact same path I dreamed of taking—and they were having fun. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z What if by accepting the reality of the dream, she lost her memories of her actual past? The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That night in my dreams, I again visited the heart of my huaca, my spirit rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Frodo and Sam got up, rubbing their eyes, like children wakened from an evil dream to find the familiar night still over the world. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “I will, dear, I will, and if anything happens, I’ll come and comfort you,” whispered Laurie, little dreaming that he would be called upon to keep his word. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z As they took a taxi into downtown Anchorage, Percy told Frank and Hazel about his dreams. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Coraline knew it was a dream then, because none of them ever got tired or winded or out of breath. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z All across the city, she sank into the dreams of Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z While the grown-ups sit at the table, telling jokes and laughing, I go back to the baby’s room to spy on Rosa, listening to her breathe and let out little sighs as she dreams. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The dream has weakened me, leaving my stomach bubbling, twisting, moaning. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I have no ruby slippers, and I won’t wake up from this dream, but still. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “A lot of us do. But honestly, if you go to the Duboise clothing website on the othernet you can almost always find exactly what your mind has dreamed up.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Still, I dream and relive the New Year’s celebration we had in Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel ashamed, though, because that night, I had a weird dream. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think it was a dream then, but now, looking back, I know it must have been. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z That was a risk they had never dreamt of in their philosophy. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry’s dreams were confused and disturbing: Nagini wove in and out of them, first through a gigantic, cracked ring, then through a wreath of Christmas roses. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was tremendous media interest about Skylab falling to Earth, certainly enough to capture the attention of a boy who was about to turn seven and had already started dreaming about the stars. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I heard the same longing in her voice that Gum Baby had when she dreamed about becoming a pilot. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I can’t reconcile this image with the battered, bleeding boy who haunts my dreams. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The quietness lasted for a while, and for some reason I began to tell her my dream. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Sights and feelings swirled through Bigwig as though in a dream. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He shared his dream with a group of black and white Birmingham citizens, who eagerly offered their support. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Never, not in her most fanciful dreams, had she imagined that the opportunity to speak with Dorian Havilliard would arise. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It sucks how I didn’t dream, but no nightmares either. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Dream good dreams. I will come back this afternoon.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I gather that you did not dream of who you wished?” she said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When Sarah thought of such things, it was as if she were recalling details of a long-ago dream. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I had been dreaming about where I came from. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Jacob dreamt of raising the Jews of Paris in a great rebellion, washing over the bridge in waves of righteous anger like the Maccabees washed over the Greeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She dreamed of her parents, of her little brother, of the belly of the slave ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I am really a part of your dream, you’ll come back one day.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His dreams were full of grey, stony hands reaching for him from out of the fog, and a stair that led up to his father. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “A wicked dream, no doubt. You are a wicked man. Will you pray with me and ask forgiveness for your sins?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He told me then that he had had a dream. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You have your whole life to weave new dreams,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The dream was always the same: a shy boy—not unlike Virgil—gets terribly lonely, takes a walk in the forest, and begs a rock to eat him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I rolled over onto my back, reaching up to tap the raggedy dream catcher I’d bent out of branches and filled with vines for her so that it swung on its string. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Nick Farthing was in his bed, asleep and dreaming of pirates on the sunny blue sea, when it all went wrong. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Nothing but a heavy stone in my chest that used to be a heart filled with dreams and possibilities. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In the dream her mouth made the shape of screaming, but no sound came out. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We turned four shades of red; even Chi-Boy was a little pink in the neck, revealing that maybe his dreams were a little more than wolves and Grandfather Teachings. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “But I would never dream of doing anything like that. “Why not?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For weeks I had been dreaming of home—our big yellow-brick house with a grass-green roof, filled with cousins and friends. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I listen for the shy laughter of his most pleasant dreams. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Packed into twenty-seven crates, the Amber Room was the culmination of Hitler’s artistic dreams. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Seven hundred years ago—or it may have been fifteen hundred according to Malory’s notation-—people took dreams as seriously as the psychiatrists do today, and Lancelot’s had been a disturbing one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, no scientist would dream of publishing a person’s name with any of their genetic information, because we know how much can be deduced from DNA, including the risks of developing certain diseases. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z When one has such a dream and the predicted event hap pens, it’s hard not to believe in precognition. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z On the nights when we went to bed hungry, all of us dreamed of that champ. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Pong had been so excited that day, even though he hadn't dreamed that he'd actually get the chance to tell the Governor how much he admired him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I quite understood; my only doubt was as to whether any dream could be more terrible than the unnatural, horrible net of gloom and mystery which seemed closing around me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The thing was sleek and simple in design and far too specific to occur by coincidence in two people’s dreams, no matter that they lay side by side, touching. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But they marched up like a phantom company, grey distorted figures in a mist, only dreams of fear with pale flames in their hands. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Skilled in the practicalities of developing dreams into reality, we work with you to reach your goal. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’ve always dreamed of going to America!” cried the Centipede. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z In Lita’s version, an awful man stole from the old couple’s dreams, but from now on, this story lives on through me and my new version. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The sullen innkeeper told me that he couldn’t possibly dream of charging me, seeing as how the entire town was in my debt and all that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, my,” she cackled, “that wasn’t very heroic, even in a dream!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then a car passed and they showed in full relief, their shadows flying like dreams across the sparkle of snow and darkness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground was unnaturally bright under the moonless sky—partly from the dream, partly from the searchlights that switched on as the pitch of the alarm changed from a trill to a warning siren. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you quit talking in dreams and tell me what you really want to do with your life,” I said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I lay in bed and shuddered and shivered and dreamed all sorts of nightmare happenings. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Competition after competition, I continued to chip away at my Olympic dream, fencing hard in the hope of a strong result. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A nightmare this might be, yet it was no dream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were so many new and fantastic things around me that I walked as if in a dream. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This dream family lived far away from the saloon; so far that he had to hop a trolley to get home in the early morning after he locked up the saloon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Al Ulbrickson she knew never made proclamations like that, seldom said anything even remotely suggesting what his hopes and dreams were, even at home, let alone in the newspapers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When I finally fall asleep, I have a bad dream, and Metias is in it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Arm often dreamed of the countryside around Hwange, where he grew up, but this place was different. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Kronos got you to steal the master bolt and the helm. He spoke to you in your dreams.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He had dreamed about ships like this, about being on their decks, about sailing on them, and now he was on the verge of sneaking aboard one. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In the dense fog, the nervous red glow of a guard’s cigarette as he sits dreaming, cursing the cold but probably rejoicing in the rain—most likely he’d be the son of farmers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He went on to Adam’s dream of a garden like Eden and to Adam’s adoration of Cathy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I let her take my suitcase, this dream girl come to life in front of me, and follow her up to the second floor. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z My dream life became very rich, and I seemed to pass entire nights reliving the high and low times of the old days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember him standing that way during initiation, as he watched us fight each other, so tall and so strong I never dreamed he would give me more than a cursory glance. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z What Granny had also said, so wistful, was how she used to dream of going to New York with Grandpa, but he never saw why she wanted to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t sleep much, and when I did, I dreamed evil. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z For some reason, in my fever dream he’s clutching a cheap chrome trophy. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His father, Harry, his dreams shattered, had fled for the wilds of Canada, unable to cope with what he had seen in his wife’s last moments. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Recently, she had begun spreading her wings, taking adult courses in real estate and international economics and business management, dreaming of a bigger-than-family-size life for herself. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Though I was allowing myself to dream a little, I still couldn’t picture how any of this would end. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Waking up to a phone call at dawn was more jarring than an alarm clock interrupting my dream. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And as time passed it did seem like a dream to Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sweet dreams, Mr. Gideon,” I say over my shoulder as I climb the stairs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Mami says that if they sent him back, then even though we came here for the dream of America, we’re going to have to go back too. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Beyond the veil of dream, the Sorrows were waiting for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Every dream I think back to this moment I try to make it so I just give myself up, let him tackle me, tell him mercy, tell him he’s right how one day ain’t today. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We had to find a way to amuse ourselves because we had no stories—no dreams, no future—other than the ones we created for ourselves. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and wish myself back on the merry-go-round I dreamed about, but nothing helps. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In his dreams he looks down to find his hands around the neck of the pigeon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Some of these plans were no more than pipe dreams. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The dream faded and I woke with a start. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She’d collected the dreams like bright beads on a string of nights that wound around her each day, every day until this one. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A pestilence of rain we received, the likes of which we had never seen or dreamed about in Georgia. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When he awoke the next morning and set about seeing to the repair of his car, he couldn’t shake the dream, and didn’t really want to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When I do manage to sleep, I dream that we are caught in one hurricane after another. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z That spirit of social initiative disappeared in a short time, pulled away by the fever of the magnets, the astronomical calculations, the dreams of transmutation, and the urge to discover the wonders of the world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Your hopes—your dreams, if you will—leave me with an array of warring emotions. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z That night I dreamed of the king’s pale and bloodless corpse sprinkled with innocent white and pink blossoms. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I dream her standing in the old Queen Mary schoolyard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He's got these big eyebrows that make it hard to see his eyes and that's fine, I don't want to see them, looking at those eyes is asking to have a bad dream. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, elsewhere, there are an infinite number of other universes, each with its own god dreaming the cosmic dream. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing as how the dream hasn’t ended yet, it’s pretty clear that just having it isn’t enough. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Lourdes did not battle her cravings; rather, she submitted to them like a somnambulist to a dream. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "Forgive me, my queen, but it is your dragons he dreams of." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Julia? and on horseback and tell him it ain’t so and up the river past morning and lots of things that make no sense cuz dreaming Noise is the weirdest of all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z In the lucid freedom of his dream state, Turner intended to shoot the officer through the chest. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t like this dream, I’m cold, and that’s a fake beard. Who wears a fake beard in a dream? Why do you sound like you’re talking underwater? What did you give me?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z In the gray dawn of the following morning, a noisy and riotous dream disturbed my sleep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It’s like he sees his dreams of Dino-land slipping away from him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Beautiful and altruistic. You’re some girl’s dream woman, you know that?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z There in her arms I cried myself to sleep, and I dreamed of the courtier and the pink-cheeked maiden. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z In the dream I awoke and looked at the prayer card. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When a moth perched on a sleeper’s brow, Sarai was plunged into their dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He thought for a moment that it would be better to pay her fee and leave without learning a thing, that he was giving too much importance to his recurrent dream. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sounds good,” I said, thinking to myself that these guys talked a lot of dreams. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The father woke from his dream grateful and crying, because life was generous, and had revealed to him something any father would be proud to know. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The tears that had, until now, flowed only down Sarai’s real cheeks, slipped down her dream ones, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That night, I dreamed about Doug Swieteck’s brother as Shylock, and him bending over me with a soccer ball in his hand, about to smash it into my free because I had taken him out. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Her second-best friend, first here in the shtetl, in the dream. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman said that the dream was sad, but Mr. Rodriguez and Poli looked up the dream in the Black Cat dream book to see which number to play. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t bother me, though; people are already taking my photo and I haven’t even arrived at my dream destination. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I had such a strange dream last night,” said Jane, as she sprinkled sugar over her porridge at breakfast. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Much later on that night, Bloom suddenly awoke out of a bad dream and discovered that she was up on one elbow staring at him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "The night of the harvest feast, you dreamed you were Summer in the godswood, didn't you?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And then, like someone in a dream, he was walking across to the Tree, and the King and Queen were cheering him and all the creatures were cheering too. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z ‘Tell me, Mary,’ she said, ‘tell me quite truthfully, is there really a little girl sitting on my window-sill, or am I still dreaming?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I half wake up, wrestling with a dream. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When he did manage to nod off, his sleep was haunted by “disturbing and frightful dreams. The scenes of them were derived altogether from sick rooms and grave-yards.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Usually the rats or bugs woke her when their curiosity became too much, interrupting her dreams and returning her to the darkness of the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But why was it that some people never remembered their dreams? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He had reason to be thankful that his dream was broken, for the bus had been nearer and more distinct "Why-because?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z ‘Every morning I is going out and snitching new dreams to put in my bottles.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I told Annabeth and Grover about my latest dream, but the details got sketchier the more I tried to remember them. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She inspired the women around her to dream, too. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z As with the gushing fountains and towering ivory walls, the lamps themselves seemed to be the product of a dream. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Everything I’ve dreamed of and imagined is right there in the New York City skyline. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Black and brown young people, old people, Muslims and non-Muslims alike need role models to show that their dreams are possible. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He groped for what he knew had been there, and all he fished up was the awful word Weep, slick with wrongness, damp as bad dreams, and tinged with its residue of salt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “It was like a dream,” I said, at a loss for an explanation. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I could not help it if she came to me in thoughts, in dreams. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I dream that my mother has had a baby, one of a set of twins. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z People say cane juice is good for everything, from manness to dreams. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She guessed that this was the room from Percy’s dream, but it wasn’t dark. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “There is nothing wrong with having dreams. I may be a stupid dreamer, but at least I have them.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She felt awkward around her relatives, as if they had more in mind for her than she could ever have dreamed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yes; though I touch it, it is a dream,” said I, as I put it down from before my face. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The night wind in my hair, their indistinct talk, the songs on the radio all mingled and blurred in my dreams. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z After my troupe was murdered, there were times when I would dream of my parents, alive and singing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Just like that, there are new heads on new pillows—new temperaments, new dreams. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There were millions of other Americans who had left their birthplaces in search of a dream. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t tell anyone. How I could have dreamed them! They weren’t like my dreams.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I dream that when he smiles, it shines for miles around. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “The weather since Christmas has been weird, like the sea and the sky are fighting. Then I talked to Annabeth, and she’d overheard something about a theft. And . . . I’ve also been having these dreams.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And even though she is resting, I can tell by her face that there is no peace for her, not even in her dreams. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I felt a cool sweat on my forehead and I knew I had to run, I had to clear my mind of the dream. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And because he had found his way from one to the other and had even seen his dream come true, he felt a certain qualification on the subject. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Something even bigger than the Princess Andromeda. I thought it might be that challenge the Titan had mentioned in my dream.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z On January nights I’m visited by desperate dreams of stretching myself out over the water, reaching for balance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The dream had receded by the time Wex returned with the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Year after year she arrived at the beach with a base coat that the rest of us could only dream of achieving as our final product. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The capitulation of France is only weeks past, and already he has seen things he did not dream he would see in six lifetimes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She dreamed of Drogo and the first ride they had taken together on the night they were wed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This dream was never meant for someone like me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In my dreams, I’m back in high school, revisiting what led to my criminal record. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For so long she had dreamed of taking a trip by herself, without Tiller. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She dreamed up a hundred and one excuses for keeping us inside the house even when it wasn’t raining. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They got to go to school and dream about a future. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Mostly, though, I dream of good things, and praise Allah for that. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The psychologist stared, “Help? By telling me this is a dream? By trying to push me into schizophrenia?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z That was when I was young and full of grand dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he saw and felt but one life, and that one life was more than a sleep, a dream; life was all life had. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z My mother used to tuck me in, smoothing down my blankets and whispering a promise of good dreams. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z What had she dreamt all these years about her other daughters? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “And since this is a dream, I’m going to kiss you now.” he said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was a state neither of dreaming nor of waking, but somewhere in between, in which I was caught like Trueblood's jaybird that yellow jackets had paralyzed in every part but his eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave up her dreams and took over hard realities in their place. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what was real and what was a dream. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In fact, I was already dreaming of performing as an elite-level gymnast and making the national team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He seemed to move very slowly, as if he were still dreaming. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Tell me of your dreams,” the Paqo said, and I knew he was done telling me of how to reach Beyond. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He’d sent me visions in my dreams to let me know when he was in trouble. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But peace was not easy to come by when the mouse warrior visited his dreams once more. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z ‘I has bottles and bottles of dreams about little girls.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone is enchanted, pulled under into a dream. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I read the letter over three times to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Coraline dreamed a few commercials, and after that she dreamed of nothing at all. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z How long he climbed in this dream of his, he did not know. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and tried to sleep, but the image of his mother haunted his dreams. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But the school had been my father’s dream, and we were all happy to be living it. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It’s like the whole thing could have been a dream, like he’s not changing the way Roli says, but I know he is. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When would he realize this dream was never going to end? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I breathe him in, all cocooned up in the place he dreams, tenderness crushing into me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “We are turning our backs upon the fairest dream of civilization and are about to consign it to the dust,” Barrows read. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Elle Powell, girl of my dreams, came up to us, her backpack hoisted over one shoulder. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z First came the stumps of the houses that had once contained the dreams of pioneers, and then the town proper in a line of ruined structures. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But in every dream there are always the clouds just beyond my grasp. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “I will leave you by yourself, white dream,” I said. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But since I was only me, all I could do was lie there and contemplate everything perverted I had ever dreamed about since I was, like, seven years old. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My first day of summer vacation is nothing like I dreamed. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z For the boys speak a jived-up transitional language full of country glamour, think transitional thoughts, though perhaps they dream the same old ancient dreams. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When I fell asleep, I had this dream. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She murmured, “And it’s only fair to tell you that I dreamed of you.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was a dream, I suppose, or a daydream, but I made it happen. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When she dreamed of being a photographer, she couldn’t have meant this. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Angel cried then, not for Jordan, but for herself and for lost dreams and for secrets in the night. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so tired, I didn’t even have any dreams. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad pats Brady’s face over and over again in denial, as if to wake him up from a bad dream. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I think I'm dreaming, Roger,” was all she could find to say. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Some dreams are so powerful they are beyond our humble ability to comprehend,” said Deydey. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, I kept on dreaming; after all, what harm could that do me? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Not nightmares so much as reliving dreams of the crash and his time in the woods. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “I dreamed ... I dreamed about my baby ... or someone’s baby...” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But I’d never dreamed he was thinking of subjecting me to this. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He entertains pipe dreams: the Frenchman will invite him in. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The wolf dreams had been growing stronger, and he found himself remembering them even when awake. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For a long time she could not stop getting in the bed with her children and told herself each time that they might dream a dream about dragons and would need her to comfort diem. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I dream of my babcia, crying out as they take her from the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z For the first time the evocation of the Founder saddened me, and the campus seemed to rush past me, fast retreating, like the fading of a dream at the sundering of slumber. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Although they are both ill, they are on the same path together, their dreams shared, just as they had imagined they would be when they were young men on that walk to the mill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I was changing out of my school uniform when this dream of a silver MG cruised down Kingfisher Meadows. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “I almost couldn’t. At first I thought you were a shadow or something. But you look like you did in my dream. You sort of came into focus.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Just as she knows about things before they happen, her dreams can tell her things, too. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Again the mouse warrior armed with his ancient sword returned to haunt Cluny’s fevered dreams. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In my dream, I said who were they really? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Even before she was born, Ni'vea had known she was not of this world, because she had already seen her in dreams. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He would bring her the gifts real maidens love, little birds and gay flowers and the shining tears of amber Phaëthon’s sisters weep, and then dream that she thanked him with eager affection. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the good dreams, he slammed her to the ground and throttled her, watching the life drain from her eyes, heart full of vengeance—finally, finally. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Our merchants bought that man, and brought him to Egypt. All of us know that whoever believes in dreams also knows how to interpret them.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There my dream lay on the ground Thank God, eventually I came around and dreamed another dream. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, I know I wasn’t just dreaming about him. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z If he committed to war in Vietnam, it would drain resources from the domestic programs he dreamed of crafting. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Another fifteen minutes and what had seemed like a laughable dream that morning had suddenly become reality: It was just me and the other guy. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Still dreaming of America, I see,” my mother said with a sigh of resignation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In another, recurrent dream, Thirty-six was here with her, in her small room at the Hatchery, but no one knew. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There were only two passengers seated at the rear of the red and nickel interior, and I suddenly felt that I was dreaming. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Who was she, and how had she come into his dreams? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Joseph never knew his mother had dreamed of “striking it rich.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then the only thing I could dream about is being on the same corner as the other brothers, looking for something to hook into. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She watched him and wondered what he was dreaming about. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But none of them dreamed, this time, of smiling. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose Frederico would say, ‘And I have dreamed of you, Angelique. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “He was talking about the unconscious and dreams. He was also reading Graetz on Hasidism.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Harry’s was an age that spawned bold dreams and audacious dreamers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They are young girls again, dreaming of good times in the past and good times yet to come. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of waking my mother in the next room, but my father’s words of warning not to wake her on account of bad dreams stopped me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I hated rehashing everything—and I was a little bit afraid she would want to link my bad dreams to my feelings about my mother—so I vowed to keep any future nightmares to myself. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z In moments, he disappeared from view into the shadow of Fruitless Mountain, and if it wasn’t for the goldfish Minli had in her hands, all would have thought he was a dream. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "And I was sure of it! Why, a week before you were born, I had the strangest dream. We were all living on a farm, and a bull..." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And August brought us no pleasant dreams at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Do English teachers spend their vacations dreaming up these things? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Under his tutelage I knew I could afford to have dreams about tennis, about life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, I also dreamt that I was with my father by a stream of rose-colored blood. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I never dreamed that the Chicago Muslim officials were going to make it appear that I was throwing gasoline on the fire instead of water. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “And in my dream, the twin giants said something about a statue.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He asked that, when he wandered far from his dreams, his heart press him and sound the alarm. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Montag slid down the pole like a man in a dream. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Now these women Wang Lung looked at secretly and closely and it seemed to him they were women in dreams for none on earth had he seen like them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z To sleep inside his dream, when she wasn’t even certain she’d be aware it was a dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “We offer him your babysitting services, plus the riding lawn mower of his dreams.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s a dumb dream. Nothing happens in it.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My dreams were frightful, full of ghostly figures that resembled my father. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “ROOF!” the dog barked, and Percy’s dream changed again. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The dream lay heavily upon him; he could still see the gaping jaws of a wolf and the sharp, white teeth. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z And in my dream, I think I saved him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The truth is, we have become more deeply involved than we ever dreamed. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “What did you do with it? With the dream stuff?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He floated in and out of consciousness, unsure of what was real or fever dream as the flatboat moved out to sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He dreamed he was in a dark cavern. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His eyes were dreaming, closing like small doors over a dim light. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And how did one learn his life "rather well"? "Young man, you're part of a wonderful institution. It is a great dream become reality . . ." "Yes, sir," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Hrothgar speaks: I have dreamt it again: standing suddenly still In a thicket, among wet trees, stunned, minutely Shuddering, hearing a wooden echo escape. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Or what it was like for the little girl who couldn’t perform at the school talent show because her parents received the Death-Cast alert while she was dreaming of pianos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The room inside looked just like in my dream, except this time the throne of Hades was occupied. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z In the dream, I was turning the corner that led to the B-block front gate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There he wandered long in a dream of music that turned into running water, and then suddenly into a voice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We were all insignificant, dwarfed bv what his dream meant to Spanish Harlem. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z A cold wind that fluttered the pages of Desdemona’s dream book, which she consulted for interpretations to increasingly nightmarish dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So late one night, Tehlu went to her in a dream. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “It isn’t a real bird, conductor sir. We’d never dream of breaking the rules like that. It’s my sister’s favorite toy, you see, and she thinks you mean to take it away from her.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They’re numb to that, too, except for a couple who have dreams of singing backup or opening up a hair shop . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I remembered the golden Titan from my dream—the one on Mount Othrys who erupted into flames. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Nobody in Mason would have dreamed of getting on the wrong side of her. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Jazz twitched, reacting to whatever dream she may have been having. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z What if he did dream—should he simply tell his family unit, as he did so often, anyway, that he hadn’t? The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She had many opportunities to sing in public, and as she gained confidence, she began to dream of a career as a singer. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I was alone, nowhere, and now I knew I was dreaming, or dead. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “You ever had a dream like that?” he asks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet I knew—with that part of my mind that the whites had given me—that none of my dreams was possible. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He found himself thinking of his sisters, perhaps because he'd dreamed of them last night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Every night, while Bo slept as soundly as a kitten, Prosper dreamed of Esther. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The name I had been sure Cecile had dreamed up while she stared out the window as musical smoke blew through the house. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Spiders were all Irvie ever asked about, talked about, dreamed about. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Rose Hill, my dream and my future, is no more. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Hugo could hardly fall asleep, and when he did, he dreamed about a terrible accident that occurred in the train station thirty-six years ago, which people still talked about. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He wanted it to be morning, wanted to be done with the threat of dreams for at least a few hours. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She looks good, like she's woken up from the best night's sleep and an awesome dream. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One night I dreamt that I was shot in the head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “I’ve been having a very peculiar dream ever since I learned you were wounded,” confessed the chaplain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But as she went she put new spirit in him, a new dream of his father, clearer now, so that he marvelled to himself divining that a god had been his guest. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy told himself that, on the way toward realizing his own Personal Legend, he had learned all he needed to know, and had experienced everything he might have dreamed of. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In her imagination, in her dreams, everything has color. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “But you are the one I remember best. For the Augurs dream the future: all outcomes, all possibilities. And you are woven through every dream. A thread of silver in a tapestry of night.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But there was nobody there: he had dreamed him in a catnap of old age. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what kind of dreams she had. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “No. I am rather curious to see what it is like. Besides, I think it’s good to change the place where one sleeps from time to time. I believe it gives one more interesting dreams.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He dreamed about the pinata Bernabe, and about all the naked women he had ever loved hitting him with sticks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The giant raised his fist, and a voice cut through the dream. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Children like Enrique dream of finding their mothers and living happily ever after. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She also tells me the story of a man named Santos who left Los Ojos many years ago with the dream of becoming a dancer in Los Angeles. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It is a schoolgirl’s dream, one I tell my waking self I’ve long since outgrown. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z That night I dream I’m at the county fair with Zack. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z All the women he dreamed were bruised, and she hadn’t stayed long enough to find out how they got that way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Maybe that’s how you measured whether a dream was good or bad. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z DuPont had pulled off the feat that every marketer dreams of: it brought class to the masses. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes I dream it is Father she’s marrying and I get mixed up and sad. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, I spent the last day dreaming of him coming to me, and when he finally staggered into the ICU, if I had the strength, I would’ve run away. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He could never afterwards remember how the dream began, what had happened, or who he was with in the dream; or any details at all. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I watch the way his eyelids twitch as he dreams, and I wonder if he’s dreaming of me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was street nobility incarnated in someone who still believed in dreams. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “For a boy with a little head, you sure do have big dreams. I just want what’s owed me.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘No,’ he said, ‘no I’m not. It’s not a dream. It’s real.’ The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes he envied the girl all her pretty little dreams. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She always told me to follow my dreams, too, do whatever it was that made me happy. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe I do. Maybe it’s time to stop the dreams.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Waking from the dream, Tartini attempted to recollect the fugitive motives of this diabolic sonata, but could not — and wrote instead, from those fragments, his sonata, infamous for its difficulty, called “The Devil’s Trill.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ammu, resting under the skin of her dream, observed them and ached with her love for them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he came to the parlour where the great idiot monsters lay asleep with their white thoughts and their snowy dreams. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Growing up in Soweto, our dream was to put another room on our house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Not because it was my “dream come true” or anything, but because what was happening didn’t feel real. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Of course I had dreams of going there, someday. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’ve always dreamed of it. When can we go? Let’s go soon.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I watched it in the steps that pulled Isaac, the man who dreamed in Cree, home to his love. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I wanted desperately to start making money to make my dreams come true. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She was more interested in the drinks, in which I had to join her glass for glass, and in little dramas which she had dreamed up around the figures of Joe Louis and Paul Robeson. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I could tell by the way her eyes rolled under her lids she was watching the silver screen where dreams come and go. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe it was a dream—but it wasn’t—or maybe I inhaled some of the fat kid’s synthetic toad-skin smoke, or probably I’m just going mad...” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Many were reciting lines from his “I Have a Dream” speech when someone began to chant, “Freedom Writers have a dream!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes she dreams I’m going to have a pop quiz in school. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Father Amadi’s voice was deeper, less melodious than in my dreams. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The distance had been covered in an instant, as in a dream. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I wanted to fall asleep and wake up to find it was only a dream. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The new s-paper stories were like dreams to us, bad dreams dreamt by others. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed about Rob a couple of nights ago. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A different form, but I was sure it was the same blade I’d seen in my dream. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The moth left her brow, and Sarai left the dream and flew back out into the night. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I thought I could see sunlight through the closed lid of my right eye, and I dreamed about waking up in the hospital yesterday afternoon and the nurse moving the curtain away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “It’s only a dream of ours, Shadow,” Father said gently. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s okay,” I murmur, glad to be out of the dream. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I dreamed about turning sixteen and getting my license, but then when Momma left, something happened to me. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I watched how he constantly fiddled with his keffiyeh and beat the dust off his clothing while stealing glances at me, making sure I was still there, that this wasn't a dream of his. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Guys like Al fly in and tease your dreams, then leave. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “No, no, I wouldn’t dream of it,” Henry says, and Alex can hear the small smile in his voice. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Shaking his head, “I actually dream about it sometimes,” the Director went on in a low voice. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not a food I’ve ever had. More like my dream of the perfect pizza.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She had dreamed of a moment like this for years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Come on, we won’t even know it’s happening. You just have pretty dreams the whole time.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then, in the remaining hours of the night, he would form plans for meeting the crises he had dreamed of. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Mobility is the promise that lies at the heart of the American dream. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They began to feel that all this country was unreal, and that they were stumbling through an ominous dream that led to no awakening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I dreamed, not of blood, glassy eyes, and the smell of burning hair, but of gentler things. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z No waves would come to ruffle this dream water, and no bulk of cloud, wind-driven from the west, obscure the clarity of this pale sky. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The shame of the dream lasted until the middle of the day. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z To ruin a fragment of a dream being carried around carefully like a piece of porcelain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon he escaped from a dream and wakened to find the warden standing beside his bed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the jar, just below the edge of the label, Sophie could see the putting-to-sleep dream lying peacefully on the bottom, pulsing gently, sea-green like the other one, but perhaps a trifle larger. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She had trained her mind to start all her dreams in her favourite place - the Garden of Bacchus on the tallest hill in New Rome. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Usually, at the morning ritual when the family members told their dreams, Jonas didn’t contribute much. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “I have dreamed of it. And even if I had not, I would know it still, for I can sense the evil in it.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Without eyes, but somehow directed, these airships swim below cloud foam and nobody can be turned away from the sight of them because it’s like watching a private dream. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I never remembered any of this before today, but it came back to me after I thought about the dream. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Maybe through Johnny’s children he could buy the way of dreaming again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The night after our third unexpected and frenzied encounter, while the taste of her is still on my lips, I have a vivid dream. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I sent her many dreams to lure her into the Wood at night, but she did not come. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about the dream I’d had that night Rosaleen and I slept by the pond, how the moon had cracked to pieces. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The lawn and drive had been crowded with the faces of those who guessed at his corruption--and he had stood on those steps, concealing his incorruptible dream, as he waved them goodbye. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “I can’t take a piece of paper into a dream,” I point out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Did you enjoy it? No, don’t tell me, let me tell you: you had a marvelous time but you wouldn’t dream of living there.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z His dreams used to be filled with the typical stuff: getting naked with this girl or that one. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Making a bed of dry leaves, I buried myself and slept there until unquiet dreams roused me again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This juxtaposition of his heart and mind gave him not only headaches but weird dreams. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually he turned his apartment into a chapel, began giving lectures on medical miracles, and told reporters he dreamed of moving to South America and becoming a dictator. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night I dream I am at a New Years parade. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, I imagine his ultimate dream would have been to become butler of a house like this one. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In my dream, they told me they were the police. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Children, we like to believe, should have time to play and dream and sleep. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She also had to make peace with the fact that her dreams of traveling the world would have to be put on hold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They trespassed in her dreams and in her waking moments. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The next morning, I woke up from a dream, crying. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I have this idea that the reason we have dreams is that we’re thinking about things that we don’t know we’re thinking about—and those things, well, they sneak out of us in our dreams. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “I dream of this all week,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z My hopes, my dreams, my life...it’s over. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z For a moment I thought I was still asleep because I often dreamed that my legs were too heavy to move. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t have time to dream or plan. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Two nights before my execution date, I have a slew of dreams while trying to sleep against my cell's wall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I waited for Kelli to see me, to chase me out of the dream as she did before, but this time she didn’t seem to notice me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And his lips were dry and thickened and his speech had the sound of a dream talker, slow and coming from a distance. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Umm, yeah, I don’t know,” I say hesitantly, aware of the uselessness of my dream. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “It is the American dream in a box,” he said, pleased with his tidy summation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It creeps quietly into my dreams and it looks like Pop, and you, and home. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Jefferson's version of a classless American society was therefore a pipe dream, because the source of the problem was not European feudalism but human nature itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s been so long since I’ve been to Rose Hill that I wonder if the whole memory ain't some kind of fever dream. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He thought it surprising that they hadn’t talked about his dream at length before the thank you. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She told me she was going to die, but that she would always be alive In my heart and that I would always have my dad and my dreams. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z She dreamed of taking the twins away from him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I replay everything until it all blurs into a dream. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z For a few fragile seconds, she remained as detached as the clouds overhead, suspended in an intermediate space between nightmares and dreams, where reality couldn’t reach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It felt like a dream until the pain hit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Appearing through the snow, high in the air, was a golden sailing ship, like a dream a lost sailor might have. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z At that point in my life I needed to believe that my hated spots looked like magical pixie dust and would not stand in the way of my dream. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen his sisters in the dream, Maya and Grace standing on the edge of the ocean, calling for him as the waves crashed harder onto the sand. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “One day, you’ll meet the girl of your dreams, and the two of you will fit together like puzzle pieces. No more getting dumped.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I dreamed of coming here with my own baby. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just I knew him when we were little. He had different dreams back then.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I therefore had to report each dream I remembered so that it could be interpreted by my mother or father. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The light in my room is blue-gray, and my heart is pounding from another night of restless dreams. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Eventually, without looking away from the cells, she said, “God, I never thought I’d see my mother under a microscope — I never dreamed this day would ever come.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z There is a recurrent scene from those dinners that surfaces again and again, like an obsessive undercurrent in a dream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She was as beautiful as he had dreamed, and her touch was as fine, her kiss as sweet, as he had hoped. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z In the dream it was not horses they rode, but dragons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Polly dreamed of her father for the first time since his death—his bawdy jokes, his weakness for ale, and the soft grin on his face whenever he looked at her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And then for a second he thought he was dreaming, for quite distinctly, though in a low voice, the Horse said, "But I can." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He was a prophet too, and spoke to men in their dreams. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt as if this were a nightmare and she was dreaming it all over again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Entering the room like resistance fighters, they vaulted the bed, pulled covers and blankets from their parents’ dreaming bodies. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that I’m complaining, because in the middle of that whirlwind, another impossible dream of mine actually came true. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He rolled over and fell asleep again, and when he woke next day, he didn’t remember the dream at all. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I wish you could stop having those dreams. We made it, and that’s all that matters. Somehow you need to let go of the past.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z After that, I felt like my destiny was not my own, that men who had nothing to do with me had the power to rupture my dreams, to separate me from my grandmother. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And I'm glad all that was a dream. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One night she woke from a vivid dream. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When he dreamed of the shadow or so much as thought of it, he felt always that same cold dread: sense and power drained out of him, leaving him stupid and astray. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Here she is doing something I could never even dream of doing with my two legs of equal length. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I was sitting in the back of the room where I always sit and dreaming about laying some serious lip on Celia when I heard Mr. Galicki calling my name. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At his side Pippin lay dreaming pleasantly; but a change came over his dreams and he turned and groaned. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She hoped so, for her wide-awake dream was hardly amusing—it was desperate. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Not in a dream, but here, at his window. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He could hear them talking but they were farther away than the memory of the dream. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Yet when he closed his eyes, he could still see the light of the comet, red and fiery and vividly alive amidst the darkness of his dreams. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At night Kabuo was subject to disturbing dreams that sent him to the kitchen table in his slippers and bathrobe, where he sat drinking tea and staring. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z All he thought about, all he dreamed about, was playing for Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then evening comes: they fade and twinkle out; the torches pass on into another chamber and another dream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Look back,” he whispered, feeling all the pictures fade, seeing his father’s face fade like the sound, like lost dreams, like an end to hope. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z To think that Dr. Martin Luther King recited his famous “I Have a Dream” speech here where he dreamt that someday “little black children and little white children . . . will come together.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z After his dreams last night, Leo could use some calm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Asleep and dreaming—both of them,” said a whispering voice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Father said the Red Keep was smaller than Winterfell, but in her dreams it had been immense, an endless stone maze with walls that seemed to shift and change behind her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Six hundred years ago, the Grand Duke Gediminas had a dream. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Then she remembered a dream she had had, of a hidden light-eyed baby. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As before, in the dead of winter, her dreams were blank. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I don’t have time for such dreams anymore. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I was out of breath, sobbing, the hallways had never been this empty, I felt like I was in a movie, or a bad dream. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She had had dreams like that before, wandering around in a strange place and not being able to find her way out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When Mo shook her awake, at first she thought it had all been just a bad dream—but his hand was over her mouth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Too late I realized that for all his air of exasperation this was a moment he had dreamed of during many long, uneventful shifts in his little glass booth. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I stare out the window and smile because just dreaming it is nice...even if it doesn't happen. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z We gave them hugs and words of encouragement to hold on to their dreams and goals and to always soar high. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And Bertha Jorkins, who might have ruined all, proved instead to be a gift beyond my wildest dreams ... for — with a little persuasion — she became a veritable mine of information. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Lists of hotties, lists of jerks, list of ski resorts in Colorado everyone dreams about. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Once again, I experienced that surreal feeling of having a dream come true. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Walking through it was like a delicious dream. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In the half-light of dawn, I plunge my hand deeper into the darkness inside the wall, searching for honey, dreaming, as always, of golden treasures. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had forgotten all about that until now, which shows that dreams can be helpful. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He tried to shed the leftover dream, gathering his schoolwork and preparing for the day. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She startled when spoken to, went to sleep early and slept long, dreamed hard but couldn’t remember the night’s adventures. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z ‘These here is all girls’ dreams on this shelf,’ the BFG said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifted little May out of her dreaming and ran and put her in the old metal washtub. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Spurge dreamed, “Maybe a sport...with two spheres rolling toward each other...And goalposts...” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z To a child born in the Cairo gutter, it was an impossible dream. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The dream had been dark wet sand, shifting above water, quicksand with no bottom or top, no edges; it had quivered and heaved in spasms until he choked. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The money flowing into the community from the oil boom had helped to build their businesses and to realize their once seemingly fantastical dreams of turning the raw prairie into a beacon of commerce. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then for some time afterward the dream did not return. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At least the dream—or whatever it was—would be more interesting with girls her own age in it. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl began to pat my back and sing softly, just like my mother would do whenever I had a bad dream. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z "You have all morning tomorrow. You need your beauty dreams." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Dreams or no dreams, it may yet be a girl.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “I know. It doesn’t seem like she’s really dead. It’s like I dreamed it.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She hated the helplessness she had felt in the dream, and the way it carried into waking life. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Then I lie down on the horse blanket and drift into a dream about Marlena that will probably cost me my soul. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Obviously, the theme of the dream is vision. What am I not seeing? What are my blind spots?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Florida tossed and turned and eventually dreamed about lizards and rats chasing her through the woods. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “And what did you do, Matthias? What did you do to me in your dreams?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z However many dreams she had navigated, whatever chimerical fancies she had witnessed, she had never interacted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In my dreams, I stood in a dark cavern before a gaping pit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Then he moved once more, to a former hotel, after a tall man started walking a dog on his block; and yet again, after a dream about Mr. Fitt poisoning his water with lead. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought there had been swings, but I had been so young and the memories were so distant that it could have been a dream. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was good to sleep where the village dogs didn’t bark all night and where the only sound to disturb their dreams was the pine trees sifting wind in a lulling roar. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z No matter how many odd jobs or errands the crew dreamed up, however, one fact remained: there was really nothing to do on the frozen ship but wait, wait, wait. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Roy had always wanted to see a grizzly in the wild, but his buddies at school told him to dream on. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For years, it seem to be a dream. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The way Laurie seemed to come out of a dream—born the living child of a father five months dead. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I had once tried to write, had once reveled in feeling, had let my crude imagination roam, but the impulse to dream had been slowly beaten out of me by experience. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He has entered my fever dream without dressing for snow. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s something for them to dream about, a little fantasy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like I was in a strange, hazy dream. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He was dreaming; he was delirious, and his voice sounded thick, as if his throat and mouth were swollen. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Her dreams seem to her mere sparks of color and electricity, cut off from the current of her life. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even in sleep is there respite: imagery from the climb and its aftermath continues to permeate my dreams. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Kaede was asleep, dreaming of a hunter running lightly through the Wood, a quiver on her back. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z ‘I had a funny dream an hour or two before we stopped, Mr. Frodo,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But made up or not, the silly dream had lifted some of my anxiety. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In 1790, however, despite the presumptive dreams of a continental empire, the Louisiana Purchase remained in the future and the vast trans-Mississippi region continued under Spanish ownership. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I lost my mother and all my other dreams.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z And it became clear that this was not just for the dreams concocted by Americans to justify themselves but also for the dreams that I had conjured to replace them. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Uhmma starts digging at the bottom of her purse for the change that will buy us a ticket to our dreams. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “Good Lord, what a dream that was,” sighed Tomas, his hands on the wheel, thinking of the rockets, the women, the raw whisky, the Virginia reels, the party. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Reyna didn’t want to believe that even Octavian would knowingly betray the legion, but after what she’d seen in her dreams she couldn’t be sure. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Smack in the center of the page was the article of his dreams, an article that should not have been printed in a school newspaper. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z That’s how I want to remember you: dreaming of your future, forever and ever. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He turned over and over between his sheets at night, attacked by the horrifying dreams, and then, when he woke, by the recollection of the truth, that waking was no better than sleeping. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “I done dream of this place,” Amari said softly, “for very long time.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Buttercup’s father was a tiny mutt of a man who had always dreamed of living like the Count. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her dream came back to her, sudden and vivid, and she remembered the tall man with the copper skin and long silver-gold braid, bursting into flame. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The fifty thousand dreams were carried carefully, jar by jar, on to the helicopters. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I wonder what he’s dreaming about when he’s singing behind those closed doors. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z For the price of a modest meal you can ponder the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the origin of species, the interpretation of dreams, the nature of things. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Every other time he had been unable to get the dream straight in his waking mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z To return to the agricultural past, as some thinkers about the beginning of the twentieth century dreamed of doing, was not a practical solution. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I thought I’d known what to expect of Montana—that here a person could not only have dreams, but could hold them and they wouldn’t shatter. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “To hell with that. I know Enter the Dragon by the frame. I’ve had these dreams. I reach into people’s hearts. I have emotional content. Ask me anything.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Someday, when you are on the other side of the world, watching your dreams play out before you, I hope you'll think of me and maybe drop me a line. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “My friend bought all the other sheep immediately. He said that he had always dreamed of being a shepherd, and that it was a good omen.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been a dream, because Fyrian had been strangely large. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Under a long list of herbs, there was a notation next to the entry for mugwort: “May be used sparingly for lucid dreams.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I have this dream that he has dark hair and luminous skin and stars in his eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Together, we sing-shout: “Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z ‘Those children were taken away almost exactly as you dreamt it, ma’am!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing but a flash of the eyes and a single equivocal remark; beyond that, only his own secret imaginings, founded on a dream. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Never in my wildest dreams did I think to put the girls in gymnastics,” Mom admitted years later. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Because I know Dad gave up that dream for me. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z In the nights in their thousands to dream the dreams of a child’s imaginings, worlds rich or fearful such as might offer themselves but never the one to be. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z My worries tormented me like bad dreams, making life on land more perilous than on the sea. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I just want to know that when you dream, me and the boy, we’re always in your dreams.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The dream starts with me at the top of the rocket, holding on to the steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Did you know Freud interpreted his own dreams when he was developing his theory? And he believed that all dreams are a form of unconscious wish fulfillment?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z A go-getter might have dreamt up clever ways of promoting the two unpopular titles, but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z For years, I’d dreamed of being one of those powerful girls in their shimmering leotards, flying through air, sticking the landing every time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In the garden, the Captain of the Guard stared up at the young woman’s balcony, watching as she waltzed alone, lost in her dreams. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At last Aeneas was told in a dream that the place destined for them was a country far away to the west, Italy—in those days called Hesperia, the Western Country. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had a dream. Don’t know yet what it means.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z But I think I actually fell asleep right away and only dreamed I was taking stock. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That hall was the perfect racecourse Ralph had dreamed about ever since he had owned a motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z "I know you're freaked out but just trust me: you're fabulous. And anyway, it's not about you. Let's go make some dreams come true." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The desert, with its endless monotony, put him to dreaming. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Really, I’d been dreaming of such adventures since I was small. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In the dream he smiled as he worked it and I stood there crying, knowing that eventually it would work and that he would kill me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then in their dreams the good physician would reveal to them how they could be cured. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I closed my eyes and began to piece together the dream I wanted myself to have. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He would not have known he had been asleep except that he had been dreaming. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That night I dreamed of flying and plane crashes and Judy stealing my lollipop. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z All I want is to crawl back into bed and wake up again, to find out that all of it was just a bad dream. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z That was when she remembered the dream: she had been at a Seder, surrounded by familiar faces, and for some reason she hated being there. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in a dream, Percy was already starting to feel panicky, struggling to get enough oxygen. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Pipe dreams, he thought to himself, even while he was telling her about his dream winnings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s say there’s a new monster. Something...something that doesn’t want your money or treasures. It doesn’t want to eat your children or dreams. No.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Tonight she settled for the warm rotting of a dung heap, where she dreamed of nothing, for she hoped for nothing and expected nothing. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We spend the night holding each other in some halfway land between dreams and waking. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her two hands lay curling into each other upon the pink and silken lap of her robe, and he would not have dreamed that they were to be touched. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Hit were jest a dream. You all tangled up in yore mind. Go to sleep now.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Knowing this bit of an American story will help me to dream a little bit. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then it does and I’m remembering Dad’s dream because it’s happening. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He even dreamed of being invited to travel to the white palace of Dwelholm by the visiting elfin historian. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z But there must have been something in her head at some point—a wish, a whisper—some dream of a future with a daughter. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Also, I was having these bizarre dreams about hunting down wild game with my bare hands. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When I woke up, I thought of Alice, and I had the same feeling of panic as in the dream. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The River Styx’s current swirled with strange objects— broken toys, ripped-up college diplomas, wilted homecoming corsages—all the dreams people had thrown away as they’d passed from life into death. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “We lead strange lives, chasing our dreams around from place to place,” Elizabeth says quietly, looking out the window. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Instead of dreaming their tragic forms, I recreated them as living, laughing people in the cool red confines of RiRi’s tent as she drifted off. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The dream came as soon as I fell asleep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The dead were free and the living were safe, and there was an end to the dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But rubbing her eyes didn’t clear the vision, so she knew she wasn’t dreaming. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It was a strange time and a mysterious journey, to Jody—an extension of a dream. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z If he had to swear to it now, Luke still dreamed he’d come through the stand of trees and see the plane transformed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He told Eilonwy hurriedly about the clasp and the dreams of the night before. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She had had a dream once, not very long ago. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They tested each other constantly, with scuffles breaking out every time some young pup hit a growth spurt and dreamed of moving up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Eventually, she changes the subject to Gemma and Cassidy and how neither of them have big dreams to move away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z That night in a dream I stood on the tracks at the edge of Blind Tillie Trestle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z More than one of the residents had dreamed of gorging on a magnificent banquet, only to wake up devastated. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Should I tell you that when were apart, your body comes back to me in dreams... Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When he tells me these dreams, he doesn’t look at me exactly; it’s as if he’s looking at a point several inches inside my head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I was bemused at your mother s dreams of Paris. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Pretend they were nothing but a bad dream. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z All that night it rained and all the next morning: warm, gray, coming down soft and steady as a dream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I even dreamed that we would go to the meeting, and afterward things would calm down considerably at school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where have you been, Diana? I had a bad dream. And you weren’t here.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z When my monthlong plunge into poverty was almost over, I finally landed my dream job—housekeeping. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood up in the middle of the night and looked at the bed to see if it had all been a dream. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z How old was she in this dream, three? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She was inside his dream, sharing it with him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Werner tries out various theories on Frederick, but Frederick, he’s learning, moves about as if in the grip of a dream, his trousers too big around the waist, the hems already falling out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes I have a dream that God calls her name, and I wake up and go upstairs just to see if she’s still there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a dream I don’t want to wake up from. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z After all, it was she trespassing in his dream, not the other way around. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It emerged in her dreams like a dark moon with figures leaping from its mouth, living creatures—fat, thin, large, small, they hopped out and ran away in a long line. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t be a field of dreams at all, but one of nightmares. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He described all of that to Guitar as though the dream emphasized his point about the dangers of seriousness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z What had been a dream was a reality. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z That’s all it takes for my fantasy to become another fool’s dream. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z My father’s dream was to gather his sons around him and move westward to the land of the setting sun, to the vineyards of California. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And when at last he did sleep, he dreamt, and that was even worse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And the fact that Dad’s dino dreams are probably never going to happen. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He had had dreams as a child, dreams every child had, of the witch who chased him down dark alleys, between lawn trees, and finally into rooms from which he could not escape. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And, if it did, Laila’s dreams were suffused with fire and detached limbs and the moaning of the wounded. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But from what he said in his dream, and from the holes in the suit, I cannot help believing he did. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I do not dream! I see the face of Lord Hamlet on this youth, overspread with Ophelia’s beauty and her truth,” he says in a tone of wonder. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Am I dreaming?” she asked again, more loudly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I could smell my sweat, rank with fear, and then —it was like my dream — the underbrush moved, and the sticks shattered. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z These are wordless dreams, dreams of the body. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I dreamed,” she said, “that it was empty — that she had been taken.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When she closed her eyes to go to sleep, it was thoughts of him that would, lead her into her dreams. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z His dreams ended as he faced that ashen, foamy, dirty sea, which had not merited the risks and sacrifices of the adventure. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Oh, I dreamed of a true class reunion of our family. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sabrina ends the night with a talk about following our dreams and believing in ourselves. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z His worst dream started in the courtyard of the Sonoma Wolf House. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In the dreams that I get to watch I can catch the lizards and they’re my pets. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In America the dream is to make it out of the ghetto. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But don’t worry, even though I wanted to live out my dream, I didn’t expect you to know every single line and tell me to stop playing with the trees and come down. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We hold the same memories, the same habits, the same unrealized dreams. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When it was a dream of new shoes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "Uh huh. Sometimes I have such thoughts and dreams. I never give into them though, but I really think I am. A woman like me has to develop an iron discipline." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Our dreams would forever be haunted by her memory. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Leaving Qarl to his dreams, she padded down the keep’s exterior stair, the steps creaking under her bare feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Away he soars into the bright sky; and I cry aloud—all this in dream—I wail and round me gather softly braided Akhaian women mourning because the eagle killed my geese. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She summoned her messenger Iris and ordered her to go to the house of Somnus, God of Sleep, and bid him send a dream to Alcyone to tell her the truth about Ceyx. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z After the girls were born and Mama Lessie passed age thirty, she was able to fulfill her long-held dream: to go back to school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Finally I fell asleep and dreamed there was a German soldier battering at the trapdoor. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Have you no shame? Lying there all silky and wanton, having good dreams while our lives fall apart?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "I don't want to at all. And Corin—I am most dreadfully sorry. I never dreamed my turning up was going to chisel you out of your kingdom." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Pippin gazed in growing wonder at the great stone city, vaster and more splendid than anything that he had dreamed of; greater and stronger than Isengard, and far more beautiful. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I dreamed this moment a thousand times, he says. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z What was curious was that at the time, in the dream, the words had not made much impression on him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I lay on the floor scared to open my eyes, as I feared I would see my Olympic dreams vanish in front of me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z You know, she never would have dreamed I was even thinking about her. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I was asleep, stuck in the middle of a long, weird, totally annoying dream. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z At first I think I am still dreaming. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Even the collarbones were hers—the little tickle at his memory, from when he’d glanced down in the dream and blushed to see more of female anatomy than he ever had in real life. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The golden boy, Percy thought, remembering his dream. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The heavy dookie-brown doors slammed shut behind me like a period marking the end to that dream. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The dream was gone, yet I knew which way to go. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He was a quiet boy who listened more than he talked and who rarely shared his dreams or fears with anyone, even Aunt Queen, whom he adored. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d had a dream, nothing scary really, in which Charles and I were on a train, trying to evade a mysterious third passenger. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In a recent dream, Abigail reported, she was riding in a coach when, suddenly, several large cannonballs were flying toward her. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I thought at the time that I must be dreaming when I saw them, for, though the moonlight was behind them, they threw no shadow on the floor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Then it must have been a dream,” she said, “after all.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes she dreamed of him: He would be walking down a long, moonlit hall, or he would be sitting in that clearing with the crystal fountain, but she could never see his face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the dream I cherished when I entered prison at the age of forty-four, but I was no longer a young man, I was seventy-one, and I could not afford to waste any time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “I knowed it. Don’t seem like a haint or a dream would be fainting and crying much as you do. ’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He had begun to love her, to love more than just her beauty and grace, and when he saw that in their hearts they shared the same dream he felt a great certainty about her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "In your dreams," Tyrion echoed, thinking how badly he needed another strong drink. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Come back, her sister used to whisper when she woke her from a bad dream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z How could one man crush so many dreams? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And I have a sudden fear that somehow, some way, what he said in the dream will come true. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And to James, who had never dreamed that there could be so many children as this in the world, it was the most marvelous thing that had ever happened. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed about the owl that night, and my dream was good. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When Aunty Uju called to say that there were acceptance letters and a scholarship offer, she stopped dreaming. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If it were not for the cold, he decided, he would have thought he was dreaming. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z They were frequently assaulted by terrifying dreams, Rose and Polly often cried when left alone, and although they had all remained in school, their grades were suffering. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There were giant crystal bookcases along one wall, and like a scene out of one of Seven’s dreams, black planters with every kind of plant and flower you could think of hanging from the ceilings. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Only a million times in my dreams,” I’m about to say, but don’t. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Uncle Pete had wanted to become a doctor, but the “catastrophe” had ended that dream. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z That last dream had been only one of many falling nightmares. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes he dreamed that he lay in the dirt and cried and couldn’t make himself mount again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “A waking dream, a walking dream. I am alone and lost.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As Hina speaks, my parents’ faces relax, grow wistful, as they remember when they were young and full of dreams. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I tried to piece together, from the memories and the flashbacks and the dreams, what happened on Saturday night. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a sleep packed with dreams of swirling colors, as if I were in the midst of a gigantic kaleidoscopic whirlpool. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There was no part of him that knew he was dreaming—or, more to the point, that he was suddenly not dreaming. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He awoke to such a dream one morning in late 2008. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I stared at the orange haze of the sky and tried to understand how Grover could pursue a dream that seemed so hopeless. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Both of them watching, waiting for me to do something I can’t even dream about. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Down here there was no wind, no snow, no ice, no dead things reaching out to grab you, only dreams and rushlight and the kisses of the ravens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the last stages of Nanny’s sleep, she dreamed of voices. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She dreamed of the ship that would take her, a magnificent schooner with sails like angel wings, cutting across the violent sea. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was the second time I’d dreamed about the evil voice from the pit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He lived along that coast now every night and in his dreams he heard the surf roar and saw the native boats come riding through it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She was too accustomed to dream logic to be surprised by any of the trappings, but not too jaded to find them beautiful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I dreamed I was back at the beginning and they were starting on me all over again, a side effect of having to watch them work on someone else. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Where are we? Oh, Will, I had this dream...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The sparkling, empty streets, the polished black cars, the rows of gleaming white houses, he said, were like a dream. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought of her naked, youthful body, as he had seen it in his dream. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I toss and turn, my dreams laced with images of Poe and Abby, smiles twisting into grimaces of pain as they melt away into nothingness. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She dreamed of black shapes that slid from place to place, avoiding the light, until they were all gathered together under the moon. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z In Jason's dream, the building seemed to tilt under his feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She burst out of the banana trees and ran faster than she dreamed possible. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But he knew now that that had been part of the dreadful dream. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z ‘Now then, do you have dreams about the Queen of England?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, I dream that I am inside Mitch’s video game, wearing the tiny shorts and a shredded shirt. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It was still far below the 200,000 daily visitors the fair’s planners originally had dreamed of, but the trend was encouraging. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Tell me more about your dream,” said the woman. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I have the running dream again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “That is why I thought the lady must have been dreaming.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z At night I sit beside Sarah’s crib, watching the flutter of her eyelids as she dreams, listening to her breathe. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “She dreamed it,” I say, wincing that these words are no better. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The gods often spoke to men in their dreams. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He descends into dreams in which Fredericks mother mutates into a leering, small-mouthed demon and lowers Dr. Hauptmann’s triangles over his head. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And it was also a bit like a dream, because she couldn’t recall much about the place they’d left behind. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was not sure if it was a dream. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z From now onwards he must not only think right; he must feel right, dream right. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Then we would lie awake and listen to his dreams. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was like every dream of falling he had ever had, a scared and frantic drop through space, as he headed towards the ground below. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z What was dream and what was real were getting harder and harder to distinguish. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Another impossible dream,” Ma said, looking at the plain rice in her bowl with bitterness. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps it was the same dream: a pack of wild dogs, all kinds of dogs, running with furious speed across a bare plain this time, intent on hunting and killing something he couldn’t see. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Afterward, Salim could not remember where the sex had stopped and the dreams began. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Crying? I was not crying. Why would I cry? I have my peace, I have my king, I have everything a queen might wish for. You had a bad dream, that was all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z During the day, no one can hurt me, but at night, as I drift off to sleep, sandwiched among forty girls, away from Chou, my mind wanders and dreams of my family, keeping me awake. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They are his contact with the supplies that keep life going; they hold the beauty that his soul longs for; they hold the unattainable that he can only dream and wish for. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One night, in a dream, I saw my own corpse, hair stiff with ice and eyes wide open. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z These ordinary things are what one misses most in prison, and dreams about doing when one is free. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When she went into dreams, she went as a trespasser, a marauder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Without the answer he could continue dabbling with the dream. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of us never dare act on our dreams and scarcely venture to share them or admit to great inner yearnings. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “He even dreams about it at night He won’t be able to tell you unless he talks to a week.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, I don’t know. Maybe there’s more than one dream for you, or more than one way to get there.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She woke from terrible dreams and looked around the room blindly, crying for her mother. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, that had been his dream of marriage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a silent pact that she had made with the world: She would not speak of the dreams that caused such trembling in her bosom, and the world would not turn away from her. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe the girl whose boots these are got taken. Maybe she had a bad dream and then they knew she was Nish and they called in the ’cruiters and they took her.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z For how long had I been dreaming of seeing it? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So while Hwin strolled along in a happy dream, Bree got more nervous and more self-conscious with every step he took. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I started going to sleep under the tree and thought I was dreaming when the noise came. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Wine was a thing he had read and dreamed about. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Some nights he dreamed he was drowning, unable to find the surface. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I loved the idea, even though the gallery seemed like a pipe dream. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Wave after wave, changing her heartbeat to drum, morphing her singular voice to many, pulling every dream from her own marrow and into her song. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It might as well have been a dream, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This family, on a Saturday morning in October, began, one by one, to stir out of their dreams of affluence and vengeance into the anonymous misery of their storefront. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And even now, you are still afraid to dream because you know that you will never be able to do what they say, as they say it, the old spirits that live in your blood. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It sucks that that was the last time I’ll ever dream. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I don’t want to sleep in case I dream them. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Now we’re really getting somewhere I Do you ever have any good sex dreams?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As a child, he had dreamt of becoming an academic. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In the end, that dream hadn’t even made it over the Night Zoo’s walls. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I’m the guy who’s afraid of his own dreams, Dad. Remember?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Malcolm supposed the prohibition against touching another person’s dæmon was true for babies as well; in any case, he would never have dreamed, after those few minutes, of doing anything to upset that little child. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Mostly Rowdy and I just sat still and dreamed about air- conditioning. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you. Do you not feel the same for me?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That Miss America dream was for white girls only. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was a night of thin sleep and bad dreams, spent much as I’d spent the previous day: being chased by packs of nightmare dogs. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And before I even know I’m asleep, I’m dreaming. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z After a long night of difficult dreams he couldn’t quite remember in the morning, Joseph and Frankie prepared for Albert’s funeral, which they’d been planning together for days. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes she dreamed that she was walking in the Wood, passing the same stand of pine trees repeatedly; she would grow increasingly frustrated until she woke herself up, her hands balled into fists. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was held together, in short, by a dream—though it is just as well to remember that some dreams come true—and was united with his “brothers” on the basis of their color. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z There was something I had to do and I knew that my forgetfulness wasn't real, as one knows that the forgotten details of certain dreams are not truly forgotten but evaded. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey woke from a dream about a big white house that faced the ocean. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I know, now, that last night’s dream was the last flight I’ll take. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She sat as if struck in the face by the dream. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the dream she had seen this river. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later, seeing the uneasiness in the room, Lincoln adds, “Don’t you see how it will all turn out? In this dream it was not me, but some other fellow that was killed.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Nothing is as boring as other people’s dreams. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Everyone on the trail dreams of something, usually sweet and gooey, and my sustaining vision had been an outsized slab of pie. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z All their thoughts and dreams went into their work. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She fell asleep, had dreams she could not remember. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They came with dreams of a better tomorrow. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Day after lazy day, night after long dreaming night passed Dicey by. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re dreaming, right? We died in the middle of the night and now we’re dead and our dead brains are dreaming, right?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She had warned her nephew about him, Baby Kochamma said, but never in her wildest dreams had she thought that it would ever come to this. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One thought Joe had never entertained, even in his most uncomfortable dreams, was that somehow he would be singled out to be a leader. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fitfully, good lady. I dreamed of you again.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jacob come here where are you A voice from outside, down the hall—a real voice, not something from a dream. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Census records indicate that by 1910 he had moved to Pawhuska, apparently one of the legions of acquisitive, dreaming, desperate settlers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was all like this horrible dream he had sometimes. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A female voice; cold and familiar, but familiar like a dream, not a real person. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The dark Edward in my dream last night was a reflection only of my fear of the word Jacob had spoken, and not Edward himself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It was not long before he found the medical radioisotope of his dreams. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I must fulfill my dream of becoming an educator and helping young people like myself. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes again, thinking maybe I was dreaming. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I used to have dreams where you were an astranaut and you were on the television and I thought that’s my son. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She described in detail her dream about the painting, confiding that no one but Calder knew about it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z To this day I have a recurring dream, which fills me each time with a terrible sense of loss and desolation. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She told us art books in the town libraries saved her life and taught her to dream and made her want to go to college. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I told him pretty much everything, including my dreams. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z More than once, I had woken from dreams of him, trembling and breathless. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Besides,” she said, “my dreams wouldn’t be like a garden.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I looked and talked and dreamed and walked differently than everybody else. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He dreamed of never-ending life for those he deemed worthy, and death or forced sterilization for everyone else. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was hard to meet someone for the first time and immediately start talking about my secrets, my dreams, my disappointments. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Her dreams of home and love had blinded her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a mad dream, comparable to those of his great-grandfather, for the rocky riverbed and the numerous rapids prevented navigation from Macondo to the sea. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Esther got me to tell her some of my dreams. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Listening to her, I remember how Chucha sometimes sees the future in dreams. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I’d. heard it taunting me many times before in my dreams. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I had a dream the other night, which has haunted me since,” he admits soulfully. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “For decades,” narrated the ceiling voice, “public libraries have proudly served America’s newest citizens—the immigrants who flock to these shores yearning for the freedom to build their own American dreams.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Oh! I was demented, dreaming of wild, impossible things, recalling men who had set their wives free, we have heard of such things.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z By nine in the morning the fake, country-wet freshness that somehow seeped in overnight evaporated like the tail end of a sweet dream. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I once dreamed that I had killed her with my own hands. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he could scarcely tell Lord Mormont that it was another man's sword he dreamt of . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That night he had dreamed of an orchard under the moonlight, of skeletal white trees, their branches ending in bony hands, their roots going deep down into the graves. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Unlike in Haiti, which means “land of many mountains,” the ground is level here and stretches as far as I can see—as if there are no limits to dreams here. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps it will turn out that all this was only a bad dream, and I just had to die to get home again? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Come back to me when you’re seventeen and I might make your dreams come true,” he said, winking. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Don't dreams in fairy tales sometimes leave a token behind? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “We want the first fifty kids, lined up single file outside this door. And, moms! That means you have to put away your iPads and your purses and your own dreams!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Kaede had planned to tell her that she should not give up her lifelong dream for her; that she had proven herself too gifted in her power to not continue her training at the Academy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that the dreams scared me, but failing the spirits yet again with my forgetfulness was unsettling. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “I only interpret dreams. I don’t know how to turn them into reality. That’s why I have to live off what my daughters provide me with.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z These dreams had a three-dimensional quality in which people and places were seen more clearly, more sharply than in her waking moments. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But that vision came and went quickly in her mind and she began to wonder whether she had dreamt it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These were the sounds that Taisin had made at night in her dreams: the eerie, half-senseless murmurings of beings trapped behind bars. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was all right to dream of spirits. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound the bell made was nearly as excruciating as the White Noise, its pitch stretched and distorted by the dream. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And in the morning, long before she was fully awake, she felt a longing so bitter and tight it yanked her out of a sleep swept clean of dreams. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I snuggled against him, warm and sleepy, halfway dreaming of all the things I could become. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you see baby chickens in your dream?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe a good dream because when I woke I wasn’t sad. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I once dreamed that Shakespeare was alive: that I really saw and spoke to him: I can never forget the impression that dream made on me. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She's a dream specter racing past the naked trees, her red hair a flame against the darkness. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The fantasies that run through my mind aren't like the childish ones I had before the camps: dreams of wandering through cool, dark forests, catching fairies hidden among ferns. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I woke up tired after all my dreaming. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When she finally did sleep, her dreams were filled with archaic words and long-forgotten faces, with Wyrdmarks that glowed blue, with the king, and with a dead army summoned from the realms of Hell. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, having had a vivid dream. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn't have dreamed up a scenario more perfect. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z ‘We don’t have to tell her! We’ll make her dream it!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One night he dreamed about a pigeon crossing a road in a faraway place. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It was no surprise that Sarai had become the Muse of Nightmares, a vengeful goddess to haunt their dreams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “There are three paths to the spirits and Beyond. One such path is through your dreams.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In my dreams, the air was full of smoke and the sound of the fire bell ringing. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed of Luke, of his eyes rolling back in his head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “For thousands of years, you humans have been throwing in everything as you come across—hopes, dreams, wishes that never came true. Irresponsible waste management, if you ask me.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Would you think about your family and your childhood and your dreams and all you’re leaving behind? The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The same life that I was going after with my hopeless, starry-eyed Miss America dreams. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I thought I was dreaming but I could have sworn I heard your voice.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z “Stupid dream,” she muttered, as if that would banish the fear that still sparked up every part of her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I kept myself busy so I wouldn't think too much about Little Rock or about the dream of leaving there. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Reading the list would mean finding out whether my dream had come true, or whether it would just be another triumph for those who had no faith in me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Only a fool would dream of going in unless he had been sent there on very special business. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The Grasshopper dream was still alive in my head. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But still, in the midst of the unknown, she has hopes and dreams. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And now he could not climb, nor walk nor run nor swordfight, and the dreams he'd dreamed of knighthood had soured in his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Therefore she was so indignant after the dream that instead of hating him, she felt an irresistible urge to see him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The next it had sunk below the surface, disappearing as quickly as a bad dream. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I get tired of dreaming about how life’s going to be different when I grow up. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z His eyes are so deep-set that his eyelashes touch the skin under his eyebrows, and they are dark blue, a dreaming, sleeping, waiting color. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z My sleeplessness made me feel that my days were a hot, wild dream and my studies suffered at school. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Asgard, the home of the gods, is unlike any other heaven men have dreamed of. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It's better than I ever imagined, better than I dreamed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Every night he dreams he’s holding a live fish in his hands.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Milton lying on his bed, dreaming about my mother in the same way I would later dream about die Obscure Object. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She sends me on my way, working always and now old, dreaming the dreams about shrinking babies and the sky covered with airplanes and a Chinatown bigger than the ones here. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The last few nights, her dreams had gotten worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Those of us who frequent the band room have long suspected that Becca maintains her lovely figure by eating nothing but the souls of kittens and the dreams of impoverished children. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And now Dawn took her own fair throne, awaking the girl in the sweet gown, still charmed by dream. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I had let go of my dream of reading about when I was sixteen and took on responsibilities to help feed all the little ones that came to our family. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What brought it to me was a dream I was having of my mother carrying a wicker basket, walking across a field and into a woods. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He was failing her, and if he failed she would send him to the too-warm dream world. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She lay in the soft bed, and now and then drifted off into dreams. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The motionless merry-go-round seemed to Jake like something in a liquor dream. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Prism has always been my dream, ever since the day I googled art schools and saw how colorful it all was—the website, the campus, and the students. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I slept and the fever fired my dreams with terror. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The newspapers were full of interviews in which the city’s leading men described Root as the guiding force behind the fair, that without him the city could not hope to realize its dreams. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Black people were not allowed in the park, and so it filled our dreams. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. Are you sure those dreams started when you were little? They sound more like something you would have come up with after your fight with Isaac.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Above all, what Hutton’s theories suggested was that Earth processes required huge amounts of time, far more than anyone had ever dreamed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And the other darkness was a tremendous sorrow, a deep sadness that her mother was dead and that the princess could, now, only talk to her in her dreams. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He would dream of making a stand against that white force, but that dream would fade when he looked at the other black people near him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The smells are stronger in my wolf dreams, he reflected, and food tastes richer too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘When is you wanting me to mix this special dream?’ he asked. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had a dream, though,” I say, thinking back. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But it was his face that visited my dreams that night. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I wondered if I would grow up too fast, I yearned for knowledge and understanding and yet I wondered if it would make me lose my dreams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His dream mom and father were happy during the science fair but not this happy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I told her I dreamed the train hit somebody. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Outrage coursed through him, and it was disproportionate to the moment—as though Thyon had been peering not just into the room but into the dream itself, witness to those perfect moments with Sarai. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Better not. It looks like the Chief’s asleep. He might not thank us for waking him up out of a nice dream.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On the night that she burned the wreath’s last leaf, she did not come back from that dream world. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a long dream that deteriorated into a nightmare. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In her dreams, he is so real that she wakes up hurting more than the day before. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was willing himself to dream about his trip to the Rutabago River. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Did I dream that I spoke with her? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I shook my head to dispel the dream that had filled it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Who dreams?” he answered, when Yossarian asked him what he dreamed about. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z What my dreams for my life were, and how I planned on making them come true. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “I dreamt there was a noise, an explosion. It was on a nice day. . . .” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tree and Zheegwon, they were held by a colony of townspeople who tried different ways to extract their dreams, figuring they’d found some kinda personal reservoir with Indian twins.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z As if in a waking dream, I hear the voices of angels. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But this was the present moment—the party the camel driver had mentioned—and he wanted to live it as he did the lessons of his past and his dreams of the future. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dunstan shook his head, as if to clear it of a dream, and turned back to the young lady. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Me, I don’t sweat. Never have. Don’t dream either.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a cool dark summer night in the first days of blueberry picking time, and Omakayas had just fallen asleep when something made her awaken, a dream or a sound. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She took my hand and led me around, describing their big dreams. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z But it couldn't have been a dream for there in the grass before him he saw the deep, large print of the Lion's front right paw. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I dream a mannequin statue, like one of Jody’s in the show, hacked apart and glued back together. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I would flip through the Sears, Roebuck catalogue, dreaming of the dresses and boots and coats that were out there somewhere at the other end of the highway beyond the gate. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the dream nearly everyone on the earth is dead, because they have caught a virus. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Did you... ever have dreams of being something else?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Winston, sitting in a blissful dream, paid no attention as his glass was filled up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Always predicting things that come true. Always dreaming stuff and it come out. Fella says I should go in the business. Says I’m a natural medium. You remember that?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember one time I dreamt of falling through a hole in Old Mr. Chou’s floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I like to look at them but I have funny dreams about them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Even though she dreamed of a room that appeared to be the bedroom in Elinor's house, she knew that she was at home. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z With all due respect to the young woman’s family, I would be dishonest if I said that the girl the regent had selected for me was my dream bride. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What a strange dream: the long hall, the plea for help, the armored mouse.... Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Those who dreamed and speculated about the laws of Nature talked with the technologists and the engineers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Before them a pale lord in ebon finery sat dreaming in a tangled nest of roots, a woven weirwood throne that embraced his withered limbs as a mother does a child. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The bedchamber felt as cold as die dream forest had been. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “But do you for a moment think that such a preposterous dream can ever come true?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Muller looked at him, “The boys back at the U. S. Robots have dreamed up a new one, by the way. A multiple robot.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z One dream was about going to the dentist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Waking me with the sound of itself, thrumming when I sleep so deeply it strangles my dreams away. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen take things for granted that I’ve never dared to dream of. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t dream of selling the chocolates himself. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, it was there, like a long-ago dream. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She was trying to live out her dream. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z To still the bells that rang so loudly in his dreams whenever he closed his eyes to sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Of course, dude! I wouldn’t dream of missing it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The main thing, she realized, was to forget your childhood dreams, for the Fire Swamp was bad, but it wasn’t that bad. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Who had ever expended so much passion on a dream, only to stand helpless as it was granted to others? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His dream of Tyson had lifted his spirits. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I would not have you descend into your own dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Man, what you doing walking down the street with my dream?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Later, Florida tossed and turned, slipping in and out of dreams. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Everything felt unreal in that moment, like a bad dream I couldn’t wake up from. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “While she was pregnant, Amina, the Prophet’s mother, had a dream with an angel calling her newborn Ahmad, which is a variation of Muhammad.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z That night I dream that Christina hangs from the railing again, by her toes this time, and someone shouts that only someone who is Divergent can help her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But it was becoming such a profound personal experience, it haunted even my dreams. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The next day the committee revoked it—second thoughts, after a night spent dreaming of freak winds and shrieking steel and two thousand lives gone in a wink. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z So instead of the peaceful, happy, safe Christmas vacation I had dreamed of for months, I was embroiled in integration meetings and worry. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think we could choose what we want to become, or we could choose to let the dream choose, if that makes sense.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And then, as in a dream, they were no longer riding toward a distant hall. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to think about the things that had happened, but there were times that questions came to her, occurring in the deep of night, sometimes even in dreams. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I’d been in the middle of a dream where I’d won the title of All-Time Greatest Scientist after discovering irrefutable evidence of life on Mars. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Their faces told me that they thought my imminent departure a dream from which they would surely awaken, and find I was going nowhere. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Every dream that eluded the father was fulfilled by the son. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Soon after, he dreamed of the thing like a bear with no head or face. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Marina had dreamed of a musical career since she was six years old. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He was in the middle of one of those dreams when he finally awoke, he said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Like he wished on enough stars that his dreams are coming true. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z ‘What am I saying? I have been dreaming. Where did you get to, Frodo?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It’s a dream, I tell myself, but it doesn’t help. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A small dripping cavern where a boy could shout and dream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "It wasn't a supper like you said. It was a letter from Robb, and we didn't eat it, but—" "The green dreams take strange shapes sometimes," Jojen admitted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It occurred to me then that maybe Hassan had made up his dream. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z None of the old dreams had been abandoned. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z But perhaps my aunt, my forerunner, caught in a slow life, let dreams grow and fade and after some months or years went toward what persisted. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The dream dissolved, and Percy woke with a start. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Like Fermi, much of Oppenheimer’s scientific dream team was European, many of them Jews who had escaped from Hitler. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But my dream had to be deferred, for I learned very quickly of the extensive plans that the ANC had for me, and none of them involved a relaxing journey to the Transkei. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This screaming gift did not lead her to dream places or Jill all her empty spaces like she thought. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Percy, an empathy link is so hard to do. I mean, it’s more likely you really were dreaming.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I’d nearly forgotten Pascal, his wide-set eyes and insolent smile, and now he comes creeping around my dreams, throwing open windows faster than I can shut them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I said to myself: “dreaming again, Sam Gamgee,’’ I said; and I said no more just then. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He had dreamed very vividly the night before. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The nape of Cari’s neck was warm and dry, and Naomi thought hard about staying safe, staying just this side of sleep where there would be no dreams. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A great sleepiness came over Frodo; he felt himself sinking fast into a warm and hazy dream. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He had survived too much to be driven mad by dreams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But in the dream, Leo had been given a choice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z These really bad dreams have usually involved scenarios in which I—and some-times my family—get attacked by inmates or other criminals, usually with a knife. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Right there and then I should have known the dream was an omen of death. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z They were where he kept his impossible dream—every discovery he'd made about the Unseen City, every piece he'd puzzled into place. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This particular fantasy had been creeping up on my dreams for weeks, invading the slips of time when I wasn’t holed up practicing my abilities. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was still premature for the Rad Lab to dream of a Nobel of its own, but the reference to radio-sodium and its potential applications hinted at grand things in store. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I had bad dreams. I can’t sleep. I want to go look for Dismay now, Daddy. I brought my flashlight.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I realized what a cur I was to dream of such a thing, even if you had been willing.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Last night I dreamt I visited my sisters at their boarding school and they took me horseback riding in the woods. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And it led through a lush meadow of shadows and flowers: the garden of twilight, just like Id seen in my dream. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Mike persevered, a coach’s dream who worked hard and became a gifted student of the game of football, just as he had in baseball with his father. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In my dream, fireworks crackle and boom noisily, rejoicing in the New Year celebration. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But also like me, she knows how to read and write and dreams of freedom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if he ever cried when he was alone, or if he ever called out for her, or if he was having dreams about her like I was every night. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t even have to tell her about his dream. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He knew she curled her fingers tightly when she slept, that her body twitched during bad dreams. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell her what the dream was about because it would make her sad, but I told Carla and she gave me a hug. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The way McShane had been waiting for Mother all those years—a dream. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “So how did you dream about something you didn’t know existed?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “She is their mother. She is your mother. You must be the one to tell them. All these years, they have been dreaming of her.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Ma- halia Jackson, sitting behind King on the podium, shouted out “Tell them about the dream, Martin!” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Cook slept in a too-small bed off the kitchen, dreaming of a recipe for soup that she could not find. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The closer he got to the realization of his dream, the more difficult things became. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m a little jealous of these women in his dreams: none of them are me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to fall asleep again and dream about killer wasps. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Now at his father’s words this wild dream had become possible. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My dreams struggled to rival the horror of my actual life. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And how well did that dream job pay? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They’d sit together for hours listening to the rhythm of the sea and the poems her mother recited as if in a dream. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he dreamed of her. at times, so often that he could almost see her face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Chess had to become paramount again; it had to be his first priority, or his dream of achieving the World Championship would be just that: a dream. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “A man who dreams of fewer things than there are in heaven and earth,” said the Savage promptly. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And what dream would form to guide my life as a man? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z These learners try to understand their inner feelings, dreams, relationships with others, and strengths and weaknesses. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Ah, it was bliss, not to think, it was as though he were floating, dreaming . . . just answer no .. . say no . . . just answer no. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Something put into my head that you cared for me; and I lost my senses. I forgot everything but a wild dream of your some way becoming my wife.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I know that no matter how hard I dream, I am only wishing for the impossible. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed of being a teacher, a politician, or someone who ran a large organization. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to talk about my dreams. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Fie reminded his impatient supplicant that the full-sized cyclotron of his dreams had important supporters whose backing would yield dividends, if he would simply wait. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And boy have I been having crazy dreams. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z When she woke up, she said she’d dreamed that she was swimming happily in the ocean. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Carrie doesn’t seem to notice this; she’s just giddy that he’s come by, that she didn’t dream the whole IM exchange, that chatting has escalated into speaking...and who knows what will happen next? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I looked at her and wondered if this woman with the black hair and laughing eyes was the woman who gave birth in my dream. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But then I remembered my dream of Zoe and Hercules, and how Hercules had failed in a head-on assault. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The first worry was that she had dreamed the whole thing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But when the singing stops, the dreams fade, and I descend into nightmares. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z An hour before the performance I was in costume, not wishing to see my dream come true. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t been able to sleep last night either and had bad dreams about what had happened at the Islamic Center. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The story of the suitors and Queen Penelope ... his thoughts about family . . . his recent dreams. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She gave up this life “As one who wraps the draperies of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Sarai’s fingertips did, at some point in the heedless flow of dream time, find themselves slipping under the hem of Lazlo’s shirt to play ever so lightly over the bare skin of his waist. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At some point, Clove, the girl from District 2, enters my dreams. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In my dream I stood on a sandy beach, my back to the sea, the moon over my left shoulder. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I DIDN'T know whether I was awake or dreaming. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Shifting in and out of the curtain of soot like a house in some uncertain dream. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The reason I’ve never dreamed about him was that he belonged already to the world of dreams: discontinuous, irrational, obsessive. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I fell in and out of sleep under a strange dream of awful weight that I had to move to free myself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama Ya-Ya is still upstairs trying to dream and I have taken care of things. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The rest of the afternoon passed as if in a dream. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A dream: I am lost in a snowstorm. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d had a dream, and like most of my dreams, it was a memory, complete in every detail. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “Her stuff. The artist was his wife. He killed her dream the night of her debut.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z If he hadn’t believed in the significance of recurrent dreams, he would not have met the Gypsy woman, the king, the thief, or . The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You dreamed about her too. Didn’t you? What happened to her, Daddy?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Sure, I dreamed of having football dates, but my real dream was that one day I would write something that people would actually read. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Am I asleep? Is this a dream? Like when you broke my bedroom window and I woke up and—” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I had been so lost in thinking about the dream that I hadn’t even felt him take my hand to start that trial run. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “A library doesn’t need windows, Andrew. We have books, which are windows into worlds we never even dreamed possible.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z But my dream of a bigger world had gotten crushed right along with the moped. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Every dream a dream of escape even when it didn’t look like it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z According to my father, Dusty Muleman’s dream was to open a gambling boat that never left the calm and safety of its harbor. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I dreamt of calling Ted up and inviting him to dinner, to one of those trendy who’s-who places, like Cafe Majestic or Rosalie’s. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘A few nights ago I dreamed about our mother. It.. . wasn’t pleasant. Then I got Nico’s message in my dreams - about Orion hunting you. That was even less pleasant.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It had happened with the sudden catastrophe of a dream—and with all the unreal horror of a dream. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The second floor was always fun to dream about. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I never remember nice dreams; only the bad ones stick. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His eyes narrowed suddenly in an effort to call back a memory of the night or perhaps a dream. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And my dreaming eyes wanted to study Pap’s wound long and hard. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “This is a dream. Do you know where you are?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Now, in her carefully spun dreams, she was reunited with her true mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It uses you up until you only dream of death. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z No. "If I went away ... to Grey- water, or to the crow, someplace far where they couldn't find me ..." "It will not matter. The dream was green, Bran, and the green dreams do not lie." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They woke with a start, torn from their dreams. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Turning fat freaks into felons and dreams into lies. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Why I never dreamed that such a treasonous attack could happen...I escaped a shameful death at the hands of traitors!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Then it was all a dream, a long mixed-up dream. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish Finch were here so we could say, Who dreams of building a monastery in Indiana? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “The dream he had when he went out alone, near Fort Laramie?” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z All the time I’d spent being afraid, I never dreamed I could actually kill one! Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “What a tiresome person Lady Crowan is. Do you really believe all the people round here are talking and dreaming of nothing but a fancy dress ball at Manderley?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was the dream itself, and there was a memory connected with it that had swum into his mind in the few seconds after waking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I strove to wake, to brush aside those pathetic flutterings, but strive as I would I could not...at last I sat up, sleep and dream alike banished, wide awake now. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ghosts, dreams,” she’ll say, disgusted, thinking I’m too crazy to bother with. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I thought about the old man I’d seen in my dream. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Thirty-four years later and thousands of miles west, Abdulrahman Zeitoun was in bed on a Friday morning, slowly leaving the moonless Jableh night, a tattered memory of it caught in a morning dream. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z You see, she was very calm about it because she thought she was just having an odd dream. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And sleeping inside just made me dream about my brother. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z King’s life ended, but his dream of freedom lived on. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He turned and a hysterical terror seized him, as though he were falling from a great height in a dream. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In my dream I flew over the rolling hills of the llano. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you don’t dream, it can never come true.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I went back to my room and fell soundly asleep for twenty minutes, and dreamed Julie was teaching me to foxtrot in the kitchen at Craig Castle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z At the house of the Shaper, people come and go, solemn faced, treading softly, their heads bowed and their hands folded for fear of sending dreadful apparitions through his dreams. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s been my dream since I was a child.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I dreamed of my mother’s grave,” she said, and as she spoke it seemed to help banish the magic a little. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, I am also an Italian poet in my dreams. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Her dreams of living life as an artist had been ripped from her that night of her debut when the doubt stared her in the face: Was she truly meant to paint? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z My sixteenth birthday was eight days away, and throughout the flight back home I still felt as if I was dreaming, a dream that I didn’t want to wake up from. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z There were dreams, nightmares, but nothing solid, periods of heat and cold and shaking images of his father peering into his eyes... Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The idea of living long enough to be an adult and have kids of his own—that seemed like an impossible dream. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I looked at Daddy, leaning on his cane, and thought about how the dream of playing professional baseball has just passed down, and down, and down...and gone unaccomplished. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “It’s always been my dream to be the new kid in seventh grade.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z "All creatures dream, I think, yet not as men do." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a continuous dream that was not interrupted even when she reached out for him again and pulled him on top of her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Bright day passes outside the window of this place like a small gold dream. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed that all we had to do to fill our house with that warm, clean furnace heat was to move a lever. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Dana would resume the stalking, and Roy would have to dream up another escape plan. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Apollo told him in a dream of his danger and how to save his life. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you must be tired. Your bedroom is all ready, and to-morrow you shall sleep as late as you will. I have to be away till the afternoon; so sleep well and dream well!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “If it’s a dream,” he said, “at least it’s a cool one.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Something, a dream trying to be remembered, struggled to break into my consciousness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He had to actually fall asleep in order to dream, and it wasn’t coming easily, with his mind racing from the mania of the day. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and dreamed of real soda pop in convenient throwaway cans. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everything looks wrong, false, weird, like in dreams, and now," he murmured, turning his head to indicate the surroundings outside, “now we’re flying. Or the night is flying past us. Or something." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Just when he couldn’t hold his breath any longer, the dream changed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He chatted and played with Aurelia and Boots, but all the while he was dreaming great dreams. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I worry about food. I even dream about it.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Sitting around dreaming while the secret police hunted you down! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not remember what it was about but she remembered that it had been happy, and so she woke up warming herself with the thought that she could still have a happy dream. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z All his dreams had been cold of late, and each more hideous than the one before. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Finally, she slept, without dreams; and in the morning when Kira woke the little cloth was limp, no more than a wrinkled scrap of pretty fabric in her bed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A peal of thunder seemed to answer him and that night he dreamed that he saw the ants being transformed into human shape. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I cried and made the sign of the cross, like I had done in the dream. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He rolled onto his back and tried to remember the dream he had been having. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Competing at the Olympic Games was a gift beyond my wildest dreams, and no matter what happened I was proud of myself for making it this far. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She began to plan and to dream, to apply for jobs in Lagos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The conversation had to do with whether Reggie could complete his mission, still his stated dream. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I join my life with his, and leave this place, my home, my rich and beautiful bridal house, forever to be remembered, though I dream it only.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This is what a face looks like when all the dreams get sucked out of it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And so it was that in the giddy, sultry world of their embrace, the real Lazlo—fast asleep in the city of Weep—turned over on his pillow, crushed the moth, and broke the dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The rest of the evening unfolded as if some kind of dream. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a red-letter day for Elizebeth, proof that she had lived up to her old dreams of achievement. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If Jennifer were a dance, she would be the Agnes de Mille dream sequence from Oklahoma! Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “So do people...do they have dreams? Do they think about the future?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Sarai tried her first sip, and couldn’t tell whether the flavor—smoke and flowers—was her own memory of tea, or if Lazlo was shaping the sensory experience within his dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Maybe someday my children would walk down the same aisle and read my name among those, I dreamed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The night was a blur now; I couldn’t remember any dreams, just flashes of red hair and chess pieces, wisps of violin music. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Yet even in dreams I often find myself gleaning…. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I have seen your dreams, Ronald Weasley, and I have seen your fears. All you desire is possible, but all that you dread is also possible....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z If these dreams of theirs would take off, El Barrio would burn like a roman candle, bright and proud for decades. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Thereafter every scientist dreamed of making comparable discoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I'm sorry but I'm gone!—and so at night, not quite dreaming, they gave themselves over to lightness, they were carried, they were purely borne. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I never remember my dreams, although I sometimes awaken with my fists clenched and my heart hammering. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Is only when it gets light I can sleep at last, without the dream of smoke and fire and boys screaming. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s his dream to live in the U.S., but I almost wish he won’t. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Some dream must have awakened him, but he could not remember it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z In this brief moment of passage I became aware of the connection between these lawns and buildings and my hopes and dreams. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She had thought it odd even then, but the red in the dream confused her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Later, Lyra would remember it as a dream. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And I understood that as long as there are dreamers left, there will never be want for a dream. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Puny and insignificant, you mean. You are dreaming, sir,—or you are sneering. For God’s sake, don’t be ironical!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was the dream of each child within those dreary walls that someday a real family would come and claim him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Once we’ve tasted everything there is to taste, we head into a large tent called Sweet Dreams, The dreams in here all glisten like liquid gold in little glass bottles. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z In spite of his derision, she kept telling him about her dreams. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I must admit, I have a soft spot for her because I’ve read her once and it was her writing that came to me in the dream. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He had never let himself dream of standing in a place like this, surrounded by people like these. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He spent a couple of hours dreaming of his rosy future. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In Shadow’s dream, with the power of dream-logic behind it, the obligation seemed unarguable: he drank Wednesday’s mead three times, and sealed the pact—what other choice of action did he have? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z And seven and a half months later, they got married at Los Angeles’s Mormon temple, like Terryl had dreamed about as a little girl. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But the old man was tired and muddled with his backsight, and dreams were in his noddle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that’s what the dream was telling me about not having a voice. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He dreamed a great deal all through this time, and they were always happy dreams. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The utopia that our ancestors could only dream of is our reality. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I’d been dreaming again, but I couldn’t remember what it had been about. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The boys began again to dream of travel. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If it hadn’t been a dream—if it hadn’t just been some hallucination... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z ‘Listen carefully. I want you to mix a dream which you will blow into the Queen of England’s bedroom when she is asleep. And this is how it will go.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Forebodingly I caught a smell—metallic, the iron smell of blood, as when a woman gives birth, as at the sacrifice of a large animal, as when I menstruated and dreamed red dreams. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There were also the dreams—he had many dreams about the lake after he was rescued. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘How is I possibly going to get near enough to the Queen of England’s bedroom to blow in my dream? You is talking dumbsilly.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "There are such. I used to dream that one day I'd be rich enough to send a Faceless Man after my sweet sister." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Finally, she evanesced the ghosts, starting with Azareen’s grandmother, infusing the dream with their sighs of release. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That old image of myself as a hero, as a man of conscience and courage, all that was just a threadbare pipe dream. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s an expression, deja vu, that means that you feel like you’ve been somewhere before, that you’ve somehow already dreamed it or experienced it in your mind. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z As soon as he passes through, he feels as though he has walked into a dream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And not far from Cook, in the pantry, atop a bag of flour, slept the mouse Despereaux, dreaming, as you know reader, of knights in shining armor, of darkness, and of light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z In that moment, she came closer than at any other time of her life to upper-middle-class young people awaiting word from the Ivy League school of their dreams. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He sounds like a man in the midst of a terrible dream from which he refuses to wake. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The heat took over me like a dream. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Class contradicts their assumptions about the American dream, equal opportunity, and the reasons for their own successes and even failures. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The paper chain project is a student government dream come true. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z This was the image that haunted the guilty dreams of the wicked. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She still occasionally dreamed of his distorted face and the guttural screams. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must have had a dream,” said Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So convincing were these dreams of lying awake that he awoke from them each morning in complete exhaustion and fell right back to sleep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But when she slept, she dreamed of bees. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The peregrine falcon stood hooded on a perch in the corner, a motionless idol dreaming of other skies. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “We never dreamed that you ladies were awake until we heard your voices.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like a cottony dream, but not as warm.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Already the memory of the boy feels like a dream you try to remember the very first moment you wake up. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “That s all, he said. “Can you describe the strongest feeling in your dream, son?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just going to break on us,” he warned, still caught in a dream of monster waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It gave me heavy boots that she had nightmares, because I didn’t know what she was dreaming about and there was nothing I could do to help her. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Oh why did my mother dream for me to be a priest! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, almost as abruptly, the dream changed again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remembering your dreams, remembering your past, they are as one. The past is the key to the now.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I lay on the bed and reveled in the delightful sensation of living out a long-sought dream. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I keep having dreams. I know they’re going to come get me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z How could we have had the same dream at the same time? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z You are but a baby, Tony, you are our mother’s dream. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When it is day, you are hot and wish to be cool and dream of ice cream and pour sea water on yourself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe going to America was just a dream that would fizzle away; after all, who was I to think that I could go to America? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom reacts like I just snapped her out of a dream. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Always, in the dream, it seemed as if there were a destination: a something—he could not grasp what—that lay beyond the place where the thickness of snow brought the sled to a stop. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Tiller sat there, rocking, overcome with memories of babies in his arms, of singing, of patting, of dreaming. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He had opened thousands of them over the years to blow his dreams into children’s bedrooms. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought for a moment we were in a fantasy world—a magical land, a dream come true. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z After all these years, I still woke up dreaming of fires, of screams, of helplessness. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “In my reading. There’s a lot of work been done on dreams. It’s one of the ways they have of getting to a person’s unconscious.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She might fade like a forgotten dream after Georgie and I left. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z At least there was that—the man who haunted my childhood dreams was hardly ever here. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “But sometimes? Sometimes, you remember every detail. Sometimes they are so real that if you were laughing in your dream, you wake up laughing. And if you were crying, you wake up crying.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z |
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