— What about the... Well, you know. Are they gone? — No, they're not gone. And maybe they never will be. But I've gotten used to ignoring them, and I think they've given up on me. You think that's what it's like with all our dreams and our nightmares, Martin? You've got to keep feeding them for them to stay alive? — John, they haunt you though. — They're my past, Martin. Everybody is haunted by their past. A Beautiful Mind Martin Hansen John Nash illusions past schizophrenia dreams
But every dream, if dreamed too long, turns into a nightmare. Andrzej Sapkowski The Lady of the Lake Regis sleep
But I'll tell you how I survive it. I make a list in my head of all the good things I've seen someone do. Every little thing I can remember. It's like a game. I do it over and over. Gets a little tedious after all these years, but... there are much worse games to play. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part II Katniss Everdeen secrets game Sad Quotes
I know already what will happen: somebody'll drag me out of the fog and we'll be back on the ward and there won't be a sign of what went on tonight and if I was fool enough to try and tell anybody about it they'd say, Idiot, you just had a nightmare; things as crazy as a big machine room down in the bowels of a dam where people get cut up by robot workers don't exist. But if they don’t exist, how can a man see them? Ken Kesey One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Chief Bromden madness
— Who are you people? — We're your worst nightmare. — You're not the BeeGees. Take that. St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold Camilla Fritton Sir Piers Pomfrey Sarcastic Quotes
One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four, Better lock your door. Five, six, Grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, Gonna stay up late. Nine, Ten, Never sleep again. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) sleep Dark, Gloomy Quotes
— Did you ever read about the Balinese way of dreaming? They got this whole system they call dream skills. So if you have a nightmare, for instance, like falling. Right. Well, instead of screaming and getting all nuts... you say, «I'm going to make up my mind... that I fall into a magic world». Make it something special like a poem or a song. They get all their art and literature from dreams. Just wake up and write it down. — Dream skills. What if they meet a monster in their dreams? — They turn their back on it. Take away its energy, and it disappears. — But what happens if they don't do that? — Then I guess those people don't wake up to tell what happens. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Glen Lantz Nancy Thompson sleep informative quotes
— They gave us the worst job, Tommy. — Yeah... and we're fucking volunteered. Sometimes, it lasts all night. I lie here and I listen to the shovels and the picks against that wall there. And I pray the sun will come up at the curtains before they break through. "No, I don't pray — I hope. And sometimes, it happens. The sun beats them. But mostly... the shovels beat the sun." Thomas constantly sees the nightmare he experienced in the war. Peaky Blinders Season 1 Episode 3 Daniel Owen Thomas Shelby war sleep Sad Quotes
Someone like me can be a real nightmare, completely aware But I'd rather be a real nightmare, than die unaware, yeah Someone like me can be a real nightmare, completely aware But I'm glad to be a real nightmare, so save me your prayers. Halsey Nightmare
Embrace darkness, Waking chaos, Nightmare fiction, Phantom onslaught, Hatred vengence, Falling apart, Endless Despair Reach out to you. Crawling monstrosity Breaching atrocity. Terror trembling in fear. Oh my lord Reach out to me! Jamison Boaz Daisuke Ishiwatari Endless Despair torture madness fear evil Sarcastic Quotes
Cuz you're scared, I ain't there? Daddy's with you in your prayers No more crying, wipe them tears Daddy's here, no more nightmares. Eminem Mockingbird father fear
I am a nightmare haunting you I steal away your sleep A poison running through your veins A wound, that always bleeds. Call it love, call it lust. Delain Virtue And Vice passion Beautiful Quotes
I honestly believed that as long as you kept chasing your dreams, someday they had to come true. But to do that, you can’t take your eyes off of your dream, not even for a second. Even if sometimes it’s a bad dream... Whether you’re awake, whether you’re asleep... To make your dream a reality, you have to keep your gaze fixed on it no matter what. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Sayaka Maizono dream chase
Now all of my nightmares Are comin' true And I've seen beyond the darkest side, of the moon I've walked In the shadows But how do I run? From monsters In the mirror that I'm afraid that I've become Kings Elliot Lost Again fear self-deception inner world Sad Quotes