It was impossible, of course. But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming.

I turned my nightmares into fireflies and caught them in a jar.

If you're afraid of your own dreams, you're welcome here in mine.

Shresta: When a dream comes true - but not for the dreamer.

You're young. Your spirit shouldn’t be ‘fine.’ It should be effervescent.

He moved through his mind with the assuredness of an explorer and the grace of a poet.

Let’s not forget gold. Kings wanted it. Alchemists promised it —had been promising it for centuries–, and if they achieved purity and perfection in anything, it was the purity and perfection of their failure to produce it.

It was a different life out here, but make no mistake: Lazlo was every bit the dreamer he had always been, if not more. He might have left his books, but he carried all his stories with him.

Everyone I know who put any energy into a backup plan is now living that backup plan instead of their dream. Put all your energy into your dream. That’s the only way it will ever become real.