All day long the door of the sub-conscious remains just ajar; we slip through to the other side, and return again, as easily and secretly as a cat.

About Walter de La Mare
Walter John de la Mare was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem “The Listeners”, and for his psychological horror short fiction, including “Seaton’s Aunt” and “All Hallows”.
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All day long the door of the sub-conscious remains just ajar; we slip through to the other side, and return again, as easily and secretly as a cat.
English poet and fiction writer
A lost but happy dream may shed its light upon our waking hours, and the whole day may be infected with the gloom of a dreary or sorrowful one; yet of neither may we be able to recover a trace.
English poet and fiction writer
Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers.
English poet and fiction writer