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It is sometimes a mistake to climb. It is always a mistake never even to make the attempt.
— The Sandman · 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Dream distinguishes a risk that may end badly from a refusal that rules out every good ending. He offers no promise of safety. For a frightened artist, the useful change is accepting uncertainty as part of making anything.
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In ‘Fear of Falling’, first published in Vertigo Preview #1 (1992), Todd Faber dreams of a dangerous height while struggling with his work as a playwright. Dream speaks to him about climbing and falling. The story returns Todd to the waking theatre, where he describes the dream's lesson to Janet. It is collected among The Sandman stories in Fables & Reflections.
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- The Sandman: Fear of Falling (Vertigo Preview #1) one-shot — written source 1Fear of Falling; quotation and sceneReference checked
- The Sandman: Fear of Falling (Vertigo Preview #1) one-shot — written source 2Fear of Falling; quotation and sceneReference checked
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