«Let's suppose that you were able,
Every night, to dream any dream
You wanted to dream.
And that you could, for example, have the power,
Within one night, to dream seventy-five years of time;
Or any length of time you wanted to have.
And you would, naturally, as you began on this adventure
Of dreams, you would fulfill all your wishes.
You would have every kind of pleasure you could conceive.»
«Then you would get more and more adventurous,
And you would make further
And further out gambles as to what you could dream.
Finally, you would dream where you are now…
You would dream the dream of living the life
You are actually living today.
That would be within the infinite multiplicity of choices of dreams
You would have…»
«Of playing that you weren't God.»
(Goodbye for now)