Quotes from the book
There is an Emily in each of us. It is incompatible with this world, and thereby reminds us that we are not native to it.
If you are permanently in a dream world, how do you spend your time? After all, nothing matters.
Civilisation requires compromises. In exchange for comfort, we lost our reason for being here.
The greatest mystery of the universe is how our own ignorance shrouds it.
The dreaming world is full of creatures that are self-delusional, reckless and wilful. Like you.
Not all sentient dream characters are nice. But they do obey the rules.
If zen is the enemy, what are we fighting for?
Your dreaming experiences are experiences. Because they are self-modifying, they are to be taken more seriously than your waking experiences.
This quote from Myamoto Musashi has always struck me as a book contained in a single sentence.