The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.
Source: The Drifters.
-- James Michener, (Feb 3 1907-1997), US novelist; He is famous for novels about specific locales; wrote Tales of the South Pacific, 1947; Hawaii, 1959; Centennial, 1974; Alaska, 1988.