from TEffi's story "I vremeni ne stalo":

[Alina Israeli]

Not quite. that would have been Сны — сама жизнь. (Think  
Lautreamont.)

I would say, "Dreams are just like life." "Dreams are no different  
than life."

Alina

On Jul 6, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Jan Zielinski wrote:

> I'm not a specialist, but isn't it simply "Dreams are life itself",  
> per analogy with another "та" - "II wouldn't be the same" or  
> "I'wouldn't be myself"?
>
> Hope that helps.
> Jan Zielinski
> Berne
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Alina Israeli
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