Quotes About Reality

It´s one thing to enjoy a story, but it´s quite another to take it for the truth.

Pero tú, más que nadie, tendrías que darte cuenta de lo delgada que es la línea que separa la verdad de una mentira convincente. La línea que separa la historia de un relato entretenido. Sabes cuál de las dos cosas ganaría con el tiempo.

De modo que saliste en busca de un mito y encontraste un hombre. Has oído las historias y ahora quieres los hechos reales.

All stories are true,' Skarpi said, 'But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.' He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. 'More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.

She listened, then opened up the door and looked again. Nothing. But simply seeing did not help. She knew that seeming wasn't hardly half of things.

Has deducido una verdad universal: la realidad suele ser injusta.

Por eso nos gustan las historias. Nos ofrecen la claridad y la sencillez de que carece nuestra vida real.

no podía saber esa verdad que resultaba tan obvia a todos los que habían nacido y habían crecido en aquel pueblecito: las historias se contaban allí, pero sucedían en algún otro sitio.

Contrary opinions are one thing, contrary facts are another.

Pero no basta con querer algo para que sea verdad.

There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

A veces, la realidad es solo dolor, y para huir de ese dolor, la mente tiene que abandonar la realidad.

Este es tu tercer regalo. Si te van mal las cosas, puedes quedarte conmigo en la subrealidad. Es un sitio agradable, y allí estarás a salvo.

But all that really matters is what happens when the audience is watching. This is a truth all troupers know.

All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened,

and he was absolutely not a selas sort.

Amazing, isn't it?" Kvothe addressed them bitingly. "Five fingers and flesh with blood beneath. One could almost believe that on the other end of that hand lay a person of some sort.

No es lo mismo la verdad que lo que desearíamos que fuera verdad.

There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth.

No te creas todas las historias que te cuenten, Bast. Las historias mienten.

She knew the cave wasn't very deep. But everything seems bigger in the dark.

Anyone who thinks boys are innocent and sweet has never been a boy himself, or has forgotten it. And anyone who thinks men aren't hurtful and cruel at times must not leave his house often.

There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true. Sighing,

Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.