Quotes About Reality

No reality has the power to dispel a dream

One of the most troublesome things in life is that what you do or do not want has very little to do with what does or does not happen.... But the sad truth is that the truth is sad, and that what you want does not matter. A series of unfortunate events can happen to anyone, no matter what they want....

I'm afraid that's the wicked way of the world. Everything's covered in smoke and mirrors.

But lyrics are not proof; photographs are.

People who think nothing could go wrong are usually disappointed.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so

The map is not the territory," Snicket's chaperon advises him. "That's an expression which means the world does not match the picture in our heads.

If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn't mean that you would be a midget if you were bald.

All of life is just shadows.

Even the most ridiculous of stories can contain a grain of truth.

The dark was real, though. It almost always is.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

If you have ever had a miserable experience, then you have probably had it said to you that you would feel better in the morning. This, of course, is utter nonsense, because a miserable experience remains a miserable experience even on the loveliest of mornings.

The dark was real, though. It almost always is. The

A rug feels like a lion, but that doesn't mean you can ride it.

Just because you can picture something does not make it so.

But just because you can picture something does not make it so.

Everybody will die, of course, sooner or later. Circus performers will die, and clarinet experts will die, and you and I will die, and there might be a person who lives on your block, right now, who is not looking both ways before he crosses the street and who will die in just a few seconds, all because of a bus. Everybody will die, but very few people want to be reminded of that fact. The

I'm sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This is, of course, utter nonsense, because if it were true then people who were good on the inside would never have to comb their hair or take a bath, and the whole world would smell even worse than it already does.

It may be difficult to believe, but, at any given moment, someone somewhere is in a dangerous situation and other people in some other place are dancing and having a good time. The world is often like this. A celebration here; terrible trouble just outside the door.

That's the wicked way of the world. Everything's covered in smoke and mirrors.

The map is not the territory," Snicket's chaperone advises him. "That's an expression which means the world does not match the picture in our heads.

There was a philosopher who said that all of life is just shadows. He said that people were just sitting in a cave, watching shadows on the cave wall. Aye - shadows of something much bigger and grander than themselves.

But the sad truth is that the truth is sad, and what you want does not matter.