You know Sven? The man who takes care of the gym?' he asked. He waited till he got a nod from Nicholson. 'Well, if Sven dreamed tonight that his dog died, he'd have a very, very bad night's sleep, because he's very fond of that dog. But when he woke up in the morning, everything would be all right. He'd know it was only a dream.' Nicholson nodded. 'What's the point exactly?' The point is if his dog really died, it would be exactly the same thing. Only he wouldn't know it. I mean he wouldn't wake up till he died himself.
J. D. SalingerWeโre freaks, thatโs all. Those two bastards got us nice and early and made us into freaks with freakish standards, thatโs all. Weโre the tattooed lady, and weโre never going to have a minuteโs peace, the rest of our lives, until everybody else is tattooed, too.
J. D. Salinger