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Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.

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Given that the dreaming brain must perform these remarkable contortions - creating a world, living in it, responding to it, and then carefully blocking all the responses in a manner that does not cross the threshold of awareness - it is no wonder that this dreaming brain seems to be more active than the waking brain.

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Dreaming is the opportunity to hold a citizenship in two worlds, equally real but with different logic and limitations.

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Sleep is an essential part of life-but more important, sleep is a gift.

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William Dement

William Dement

Born: July 29, 1928
Died: June 17, 2020 (aged 91)
Bio: William Charles Dement was a pioneering US sleep researcher and founder of the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University.
Known for:
  1. The promise of sleep (1999)
  2. Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine (1989)
  3. The Stanford Sleep Book (2006)
  4. Some must watch while some must sleep (1972)
  5. The sleepwatchers (1992)

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