Unspoken Dreams Quotes

People don’t know what they want until they see it.

I learned at a young age that my voice was not wanted or heard, so I went silent. I did what I was told and set goals based on what everyone else expected of me.

The truth is, even those who think Dreams only happen to someone else carry a Dream hidden deep in their heart, just hoping it can come true.

I always wanted to be an actor, but I just never told anyone. I had this superstition that if I said it out loud, it wouldn't come true.

It can be very lonely knowing that you have things to say but you daren't say them. Knowing that you could contribute to something but you don't dare quite do it.

I've never wanted to hear.

I have those dreams that you can't put into words.

I keep my wishes and dreams secret, like a child.

What hidden, hoarded longings there are in all of us.

I wanted things that I couldn't at times articulate.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Writing was always an aspiration, but I'd kept it a secret even from myself.

I started writing after college, slowly, secretly writing.

We don't even know what our desire is. We ask other people to tell us our desires. We would like our desires to come from our deepest selves, our personal depths - but if it did, it would not be desire. Desire is always for something we feel we lack.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

I didn't tell any of my friends that I wanted to be a comedian, because I was superstitious. I thought if I told people, it wouldn't happen. So I kept it all in my head for years and years.