# Quote — Stephen Donaldson, The Illearth War

> Dreaming is like—it’s like being a slave. Your dreams come out of all the parts of you that you don’t have any control over.

- Author: [Stephen Donaldson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson.md)
- Book: [The Illearth War](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-illearth-war.md)
- Page: 439
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Donaldson#The_Illearth_War_(1977)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-illearth-war/dreaming-is-like-its

## More from this book

> War puts burdens on people without caring whether they are ready for them or not.

p. 180 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-illearth-war/war-puts-burdens.md)

> I would say that happiness lies in serving the Land. And I would say that there is no happiness in times of war.

p. 146 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-illearth-war/i-would-say.md)

> Power is power. Its uses are in the hands of the user.

p. 251 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-illearth-war/power-is-power.md)