What is being awake if not interpreting our dreams, or dreaming if not…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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What is being awake if not interpreting our dreams, or dreaming if not interpreting our wake? ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Everything Is Illuminated, p.36, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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