Dreams about familiar places and random quotes

[LightbulbSun]

I had a dream in a place that I was very familiar with, but knew didn't look the same. And I also said some random quotes that I know I would never think or say in real life. Any explanation as to why dreams go so random like this and distort places/thoughts?

 

[zoobyshoe]

I had a dream in a place that I was very familiar with, but knew didn't look the same. And I also said some random quotes that I know I would never think or say in real life. Any explanation as to why dreams go so random like this and distort places/thoughts?

Dreaming is an often studied phenomenon, so there is a lot of scientific literature on the subject. A very interesting book I read a couple years ago is called The Mind At Night:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738207551/?tag=pfamazon01-20

in which she does a nice, casual overview of the history of dream research.