# Quote — Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

> Wake up, Caitlin, Mr. Lensing had said. But what he didn't under­stand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life half-sleeping, everything at arm's length or farther away. I understood those mermaids. I didn't care if they sang to me.All I wanted was to block out all the human voices as they called me name again and again, pulling me upward into light,to drown.

- Author: [Sarah Dessen](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sarah-dessen.md)
- Book: [Dreamland](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sarah-dessen/dreamland.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sarah-dessen/dreamland/wake-up-caitlin

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