Dreamland Quotes

“If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and everything that followed it is part of letting it go.”
― Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

“He clutched the watch hard in his fist, determined to destroy it, to prove that it couldn't be real. That she hadn't come here because of him, for him.

That he hadn't done what he knew he had.”
― Kelly Creagh, Enshadowed

“She was just a shell of her former self, functioning and talking but hardly alive.”
― Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

“It’s so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself”
― Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

“I’d only met him once, at the mall. He was tall, with a big floppy shock of blond hair he was always getting out of his face by jerking his head suddenly to the side, whiplash-style. Rina found this incredibly sexy. It made me nervous. - Caitlin about Jeff”
― Sarah Dessen

“Now I felt like I was drifting, sucked down by an undertow, and too far out to swim back to the shore.”
― Sarah Dessen , Dreamland

“I reached up with my finger and traced the scar over my eyebrow, remembering when that was the greatest hurt I'd ever known.”
― Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

“There are only two emotions. Love and fear.... Love and fear is all there is == Everything else is just an offshoot motivated by those two.”
― Alyson Noel

“The kind of soil in your area determines the type of crop you will plant to harvest; The kind of potentials in you will decide the type of success you will celebrate.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Go to where ever dreamland you decide on. But go with passion hand-in-hand. You will never be tired on the way!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“He rambled.
Oh boy, did he ramble.
He rambled in a way that was nothing but
a bunch of bippidy blah blah to my ears.
Rambled in a way that made my head go
all dizzy and squeezy.”
― Alyson Noel , Dreamland

“It is a key keeper’s right to bestow a copy of his key on anyone he wishes. But this practice―a phenomenal rite―is hardly ever performed. To receive a copy of the key means to have its imprint seared into your hand. Holding that branded replica over the front lock miraculously parts the gates to Dreamland. It works just as effectively as inserting the genuine key. Staggering to think about, isn’t it? You might consider clenching your fists when you dream.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Secrets of a Noble Keykeeper

“The country was a dreamland; and perhaps it even reminded my wife's grandfather of the night he woke up drunk in his friend's house, beside his friend's wife, everything similar but new, different, better. The United States of America was like an eternity of those first disorientating seconds of not knowing and not wanting to.”
― Tod Wodicka, All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well

“Lost things never like to be found until they've been forgotten.”
― E.J. Mellow, The Destined

“Can someone decide to leave everything and move to a dreamland?
Was it possible?
if yes, how can one do it without being called crazy or a coward?”
― Nico J. Genes, Magnetic Reverie

“And so the game went on in this manner, a throng of children playing keep-away from a bowling ball tossed back and forth between two plump ogres. The air filled with shrieks and cheers and shouts of laughter as daring players thrilled at the sport. That is, all but the few poor souls knocked flat and captured. No laughter rose from behind bars because those in the birdcage knew what was in store. They would soon be lunch for a couple of hungry ogres.

Now you might be thinking—didn’t Gavin call it fun when he was swallowed by a wolf earlier? And didn’t he tell that raven-haired girl it doesn’t hurt to be swallowed whole by a bear? All true, all true. But here’s a secret you might not know.

Ogres chew their food.

Luckily, it’s only the first bite that stings.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Secrets of a Noble Keykeeper

“Gavin stood within the trees, observing her from the shadows. He watched the basket rise to her nose as she closed her eyes to sniff at its contents. A smile told him it smelled delicious, but she didn’t open the container to pinch off a sample. Instead, the basket lowered to swing at her side as it had previously done.

All at once the air was filled with soft singing--a sweet, merry tune comprised of ludicrous lyrics. It was impossible not to grin at the words.

“Rainbows paint the sky ‘til the sun melts their colors.
Swinging in the wind, whiskered cattails purr.
The pigs gallop by and snort at the moon,
While frogs kiss the lizards and princesses too.””
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Secrets of a Noble Keykeeper

“When the girl didn’t move, Gavin summoned her near with his fingers. His heart thrummed as she obeyed, stepping up close to him. Her young stature was much shorter than his tall, wiry form. Gavin regarded her prettiness - pale cheeks, pink lips, inquisitive eyes. Fascinated by her, he longed to know her name.

“Who are you?” he asked. He heard the girl utter the same question at the same time.

Cocking his head, he claimed, “I asked you first.”

“No you didn’t,” she protested, shaking her red-hooded head, “I asked you at the same time you asked me.”

Gavin grinned at her insistence. It was hard for him not to chuckle. “Well, then, I suppose we’ll have to go with ‘girls first’.” His grin widened into a white smile.

The girl gestured to herself. “I’m Little Red Riding Hood.”

He recognized the name of a fairy tale character, and groaned under his breath at not having discovered this dreamer’s real name.

“Actually,” she confessed almost immediately, “I’m not really Red Riding Hood. My name is Annabelle, but I’m pretending to be her because……well……because this is my dream and that’s what I wish to dream about.”

Oh glorious day! He’d learned her name! Annabelle! Annabelle! What a perfectly sweet sound was this utterance of…..Annabelle.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Secrets of a Noble Keykeeper

“The truth is that few know the truth.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Secrets of a Noble Keykeeper

“We had just heard that story recounted so many times over the years that it was easy to take the details and fold them into our own sparse memories.”
― Sarah Dessen

“It's not a switch you can just flip off", Dr. Marshall had told me once. "If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love-and everything that followed is part of letting it go.”
― Sarah Dessen

“Maybe everyone was walking around carrying ugly monsters and dark little corners, nightmares and broken pasts.”
― Robert L Anderson

“Quizás todo el mundo caminaba por el mundo cargando con terribles monstruos y pequeños y oscuros recovecos, con pesadillas y un pasado roto.”
― Robert L. Anderson

“Gavin appeared and vanished numerous times each day checking up on me. Now and then he’d randomly pop the question, often disguising it within our conversations.

“Did you know that bubbleberries are in season right now? They’re blooming all over Dreamland.”

“I love those berries. They’re fun and strange.” I recalled the time that Gavin and I had burped up iridescent-purple bubbles after swallowing handfuls of berries. They were deliciously sweet.

Gavin nudged me with his elbow. “Not half as strange as you are.”

I laughed.

“So, Annabelle, will you come with me?” I nearly spoke without thinking, but caught myself, careful not to slip and say the word, yes.

“Sorry, Gavin. I can’t.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher

“When your kid’s dying from a brain tumor or leukemia, the whole community shows up. They bring casseroles. They pray for you. They send you cards. When your kid’s on heroin, you don’t hear from anybody, until they die. Then everybody comes and they don’t know what to say.”
― Sam Quinones, Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

“Dreams remain in dreamland until you dare to design and build them into reality.”
― Debasish Mridha

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― Lori Toye

“Mother, she’s abused in her world. Her father beats her, I’ve seen the marks. I’ve watched her cry. She would choose to stay here if only she understood—”

With kindness the woman interrupted. “No Gavin. I don’t believe she would.” Her eyes shifted to me, piercing my soul in the process. “Your troubles are temporary, Miss Annabelle. You will grow and mature and find yourself free of them one day. And life will blossom for you then, in a way it never can in some fantasy.”

I nodded, intimidated by her powerful stare. She stepped closer to me, her words and her look intensifying.

“Dreams and wishes mean nothing when they’re simply a fleeting thought away. The value is gone, stolen from any victory. Don’t get stuck in a meaningless dream, child. This is all imagined glory, nothing more. Go home. Go home and awaken to a life worth living! Go now!”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher