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“People always talk like there s a bright line between imagination and memory, but there isn t, at least not for me. I remember what I ve imagined and imagine what I remember.”

— John Green, Turtles All the Way Down, Share via Whatsapp

“What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.”

— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, Share via Whatsapp

“I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.”

— Albert Einstein, On Cosmic Religion and Other Opinions and Aphorisms, Share via Whatsapp

“The possible s slow fuse is lit by the Imagination.”

— Emily Dickinson, Share via Whatsapp

“I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction, Share via Whatsapp

“Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us use it differently.”

— Brian Jacques, Share via Whatsapp

“So rapid is the flight of dreams upon the wings of imagination.”

— Alexandre Dumas, Share via Whatsapp

“All things are possible until they are proven impossible.”

— Pearl S. Buck, Share via Whatsapp

“You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you ll do next.”

— Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas, Share via Whatsapp

“Every good writer I know needs to go into some deep, quiet place to do work that is fully imagined. And what the Internet brings is lots of vulgar data. It is the antithesis of the imagination. It leaves nothing to the imagination.”

— Jonathan Franzen, Share via Whatsapp

“The whole terrible fight occured in the area of imagination. That is the precise location of our battlefield. It is there, that we experience our victories and defeats.”

— Haruki Murakami, After the Quake, Share via Whatsapp

“Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations.”

— Jasper Fforde, First Among Sequels, Share via Whatsapp

“Indeed, the human mind appeared to suffer from a crippling need to fabricate in the absence of concrete proof.”

— J.R. Ward, Lover Mine, Share via Whatsapp

“Living too much in one s head can be dangerous.”

— Anna Godbersen, Rumors, Share via Whatsapp

“When an incidental color or a random fragrance takes possession of our imagination, we can unexpectedly blossom into a new entity as it gives us wings and enlightens our horizon, just like canary birds that feel stimulated and start singing as soon as they sense the radiance of the sun through the reflection of the skylight. (‘ Côté cour…Côté jardin )”

— Erik Pevernagie, Share via Whatsapp

“The many unsuspected little things on our road can strike us in their innocence and cure eye blindness and deafness. They may connect us with the people, and with our selves. The sparkle of every single moment can conjure up promising expectations and new budding of imagination. ( The grass was greener over there )”

— Erik Pevernagie, Share via Whatsapp

“When attention turns into indifference or love fades away into a grey zone of discomfort, only imagination can bring us back to the limelight of life. ( Is that all there is? )”

— Erik Pevernagie, Share via Whatsapp