There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wa…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.2388, Delphi Classics
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.2388, Delphi Classics

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