And for all I can tell the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing and what only one sees we call a dream. But things that many see may have no taste or moment in them at all and things that are shown only to one may be spears and water-spouts of truth from the very depth of truth.

It now seemed to me that all my other guesses had been only self-pleasing dreams spun out of my wishes but now I was awake.