“ It is true, that which I have revealed to you; there is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream—a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought—a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities! ”
Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger (1916). copy citation
Author | Mark Twain |
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Source | The Mysterious Stranger |
Topic | dream thought existence |
Date | 1916 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3186/3186-h/3186-h.htm |
Context
“You perceive that they are pure and puerile insanities, the silly creations of an imagination that is not conscious of its freaks—in a word, that they are a dream, and you the maker of it. The dream-marks are all present; you should have recognized them earlier.
«It is true, that which I have revealed to you; there is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream—a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought—a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!»
He vanished, and left me appalled; for I knew, and realized, that all he had said was true.
A FABLE Once upon a time an artist who had painted a small and very beautiful picture placed it so that he could see it in the mirror.” source
«It is true, that which I have revealed to you; there is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream—a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought—a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!»
He vanished, and left me appalled; for I knew, and realized, that all he had said was true.
A FABLE Once upon a time an artist who had painted a small and very beautiful picture placed it so that he could see it in the mirror.” source