Quotes About Reality

I've always been able to see the savageness beneath the veneer of society. It's not so very far beneath the surface, no matter where you go.

The story you think you know is never the real one.

Experience, contrary to common belief, is mostly imagination. —Ruth Benedict

Eliot poem, about the vision and the reality.' '"Between the idea and the reality/Between the motion and the act/Falls the Shadow,

I always think of that Eliot poem, about the vision and the reality. 'Between the idea and the reality / Between the motion and the act / Falls the Shadow,' he says. Listen to your stentorian teacher voice. I do feel like I'm shrinking the Shadow a bit.

Was it possible in any relationship to not disappoint, to do anything more than only briefly rekindle the initial fatal illusion?

We're always, in everything we do in this world, she said, limited by subjectivity.

But she was aware that the story you think you know is never the real one. She

My mother was a real person. I am not a real person.

My parents were married twenty-three years and never made it look appealing.

I always think of that Eliot poem, about the vision and the reality.' '"Between the idea and the reality/Between the motion and the act/Falls the Shadow,

Did he know? Of course he didn't. But for so long now when someone asked how she was they loaded it with pity and braced themselves for her reply, as if she had the power to hurt them with the truth.

But she was aware that the story you think you know is never the real one. She wanted his real one. What would he say about it all? She could imagine writing a whole book on him alone.

Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.

Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.

Reality is the crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.

Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

The best mind altering drug is the truth.

I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it's much too confining.

Reality is the leading cause of stress.

To attribute meaning to an event or to a lifetime of events is an expression of dissatisfaction with things as they are.

Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom   So

Reality—Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism) Dreams—Humor = Fanaticism Dreams + Humor = Fantasy Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom