Roger CailloisDreams are deformed reflections of ourselves - less stable and more ungraspable than we are, upon which we in our turn assume the right to reflect upon and to determine.
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Dreams are deformed reflections of ourselves - less stable and more ungraspable than we are, upon which we in our turn assume the right to reflect upon and to determine. Dreams are reflections of ourselves, but they are also nightmares. They are too wild and uncontrollable to be trusted, so we must never accept them at face value. But they can be useful if we learn to use them as instruments of self-knowledge.
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