Revery

To give an old woman only a chair and a bed, to leave her no cupboard in which her treasures may be stowed, not only that she may take them out when she desires occupation, but that their mind may dwell upon them in moments of revery, is to reduce living almost beyond the limit of human endurance. ❋ Unknown (1910)

Perhaps he had tired himself of rhymes; or perhaps the mechanism of verse-making had been replaced by that kind of sentiment, or that kind of revery, which is common to the temperaments of those who indulge in verse-making. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

Adrian mused a moment; and the result of his revery was a determination to delay for another sun his departure to Palestrina -- to take advantage of the nature of the revel, and to join the masquerade. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

Dickinson or no, the idea of "revery" in place of the "reverend" is very pleasing. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

When I made a fish soup in the French style soupe de poisson, D sat there in a kind of revery, like he was communicating with God and when he finished simply told me it was very good. ❋ Unknown (2006)

She would spend hours in this kind of revery, in the large unfurnished parlor, at our own house at Lavenham. ❋ Unknown (1832)

Fang learns too that he must forage for his food, so he becomes a clever thief. 27 And during his revery (to make the parallels with Buck more trite than they already are), he wanders to the edge of the forest and stands “and listens to something calling him far and away.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

At break of day it came whooping across the fields to spoil my pleasant morning revery. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It struck him that it was a funny, whimsical world, and he chuckled aloud and startled Mamma Achun from a revery which he knew lay deep in the hidden crypts of her being where he had never penetrated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Give me a few minutes and I'll snap out of my revery. ❋ Jennifer Cullen (2011)

What was once a time of sunsplashed revery, iced tea on a cool back patio, staring into the dusk of the day, and planning for the Labor Day picnic, has all changed. ❋ Roger Fransecky (2011)

Throughout the week, the beauty, majesty and fragility of our water world were center pieces of discussions and of revery. ❋ Fabien Cousteau (2010)

Dickens's most Wordsworthian novel, is introduced to swell the silent — all but penumbral — last letter of "solemn" as it waxes into the new noun "moon" in David Copperfield's childhood revery over graves ❋ Unknown (2008)

Once my revery subsided I grabbed hold of my newly-installed cockpit and continued to pilot my Scattante into Manhattan, where I not only looked for the Green Pants Gang but also gazed longingly at other cockpits. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)

Brithelm was carefully out of the way himself, lost in thought or meditation or revery, seated on the thin and obviously uncomfortable pallet in the center of the room. ❋ Sydney Kilgore (2010)

He must have in mind the wartime fear of defeat (the poem comes from Transport to Summer, published in 1947) but he also has in mind his own frequent fear of solipsism, of living entirely in “revery” and “solitude,” as unsympathetic readers have accused him of doing. ❋ Unknown (2007)

[Yuriy] shook himself from his [reverie] and proceed to [cross the bridge]. ❋ Woodensnake (2013)

A good [CD] and song by [Saves The Day] is [In Reverie]. ❋ MaryofNazareth (2004)

Girl: did you see [the new] girl? She’s [so pretty]! Boy: yeah, she’s [definitely] a Reverie. ❋ Certainsomeone (2018)

Guy 1: "Hey man, have you heard In Reveries [new track]?" Guy 2: "No man, they're gay." Police officer: "[So you're saying] he just happened to slice his penis off with a [rusty coat hanger]? ❋ TheGreatBoonie (2012)

By drifting into a [pi reverie], be it by seeing what’s outside the window while pretending to listen to a sermon, or by [staring into space] or at [the cloud] in a posture of prayer, Ian has been blessed with a hundred-odd pi definitions on Urban Dictionary. ❋ Fasters (2023)

[I have a small dick], and have no experience in PvP, Midnight Reveries is the Org for me, and i'm a [homofuck] too, so even more reason to join this org =) lol i [drop the soap] alot, hah ❋ Surgcor (2004)

I woke up with the desire for [morning reverie] on my mind, so I rolled over and took him into my mouth - [what a way to] [greet the day]... ❋ Superfly1 (2010)

[Person 1]:Damn, this Viva Reverie person, he's [pretty good] [Person 2]:*She Person 1: What? ❋ BroncoBoy18 (2022)

plastic reverie [got] me [laid]. ❋ JCC-XP (2009)

Reverie is a [good] [server] ❋ Azzah2907 (2022)