Quotes About Reality

most people unconsciously dream themselves out of their goals. They dream so far past their current reality—or what's currently possible—that they end up abandoning their goals and damaging their own self-esteem.

My second concern about Occam's Razor is just a matter of fact. The world is more complicated than any of us would have been likely to conceive. Some particles and properties don't seem necessary to any physical processes that matter—at least according to what we've deduced so far. Yet they exist. Sometimes the simplest model just isn't the correct one.

Nothing about our world is inconsistent with the existence of a multiverse.

Why should we have perfect senses that can directly perceive everything? The big lesson of physics over the centuries is how much is hidden from our view. From

They tell us remarkable things, such as that extra dimensions can be infinite in size yet remain unseen, or that we can be living in a three-spatial-dimensional sinkhole in a higher-dimensional universe.

The ability to become a person of our own making is the perfect lie. I concede that it might appear that some

There are three sides to every story. Mine, yours, and the truth. —Joe Massino CHAPTER

All I want is the here and now, this piece of time. And please save the pillow talk for someone who wants it. Contrary to what you seem to think, I'm no delicate rose

She was turning Royce into her knight in shining armor, and she knew all too well that was a fairy tale that didn't exist.

I think all men get a macho rise out of the idea of creating a baby on some level, but that doesn't mean they're happy when the big belly and dirty diapers come around.

The biggest problem with melancholy is that it is more detailed than the world.

Delusion needs an architecture;

I've never heard anyone come back from downtown Baltimore waxing poetic about the authenticity of poverty.

Nowadays people formulate truth; they don't find it.

The everyday Joes, like you and me, a lot of them know nothing firsthand and think they know everything. And they talk-talk-talk-talk and post their opinions all over the Internet and it's loud and ridiculous. It's like we're all in this ship of fools and nobody knows if the boat is even real." Jack looks at me.

I wonder if whoever invented World of Warcraft realizes it's practice for sociopaths.

How can we not create a fantasy in our minds when the reality is so hard?

My family's big on denial. And if we denied something long enough, we thought it'd go away. I know that's not how it works, but we're in denial about that, too.

That's what siblings are: a reality check. Try to become someone you're not - affect an accent, or start quoting the temperature in Celsius instead of Fahrenheit- and they're the ones who smack you upside the head. Siblings are like potters; they try you by fire, glaze you with taunts, finish you with well-aimed jibes. If you emerge from that kiln without cracking, you can survive the world.

Life sucks when you find out Superman's a jerk.

OBJECTS IN DREAMS MAY BE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR

Life never is just about what you want. Seldom ever.

The most important endeavors require a risk," I tell her. It's the hardest piece of reality to accept. Striking off into the unknown is terrifying, but if we don't begin the journey, we'll never know where it could lead.

Sometimes a world that doesn't exist is the only escape from the one that does.