Quotes About Reality

We used to say he must've met you in the fiction section.

Everybody's crooked. The trick is to find out how they're bent.

Who needs make-believe monsters when there are so many real ones.

Dead man, you are dead wrong. The world goes on, stupid and brutal, but I do not. Can't you see? I do not.

we woke as if from a nightmare only to find that the ugly are still not beautiful and the dull still do not sparkle.

The truth is usually inappropriate.

Because nothing is more dangerous than hope

History is fiction.

An escape can become escapism before we even know it. Books are wonderful things, but you can't live in someone else's story. You have to live your own story.

Weaver always says freedom is like Sloan's Liniment, always promising more than it delivers.

Beauty is not always pretty.

We've made our bed and we must lie in it.

Why isn't real life like book life?" I asked, sitting down next to him. "Why aren't people plain and uncomplicated?

she knew that, like her, I saw the world as it is, not as I would have it be.

Nevermore is more than an illusion child. It is very real.

The truth is usually inappropriate," Caroline said. "That's why we avoid speaking of it

But life isn't a fairy tale, Belle.

Humans are good at denial. Especially when it comes to me.

It's easier to remember your lies if they're close to the truth,

Do you watch Cops on TV?" "I love Cops," he said. "It's like my life, but with the boring parts taken out.

If we human beings are information processing machines, reading X's & O's and translating that information into what people oh so breathlessly call "experience", & if I had not only the information but the artistry to shape that information using the computer inside my brain, then, technically speaking, was I not having all the same experiences those other people were having?

People rarely look the way you expect them to, even when you've seen pictures. The first thirty seconds in a person's presence are the most important. If you're having trouble perceiving and projecting, focus on projecting.

Nowadays, a man ill at ease in his surroundings will pull out his phone, request the Wi-Fi password, and rejoin a virtual sphere where his identity is instantly reaffirmed. Let us all take a moment to consider deeply what isolation was customary before these times arrived!

You can't tell. That's something I'm learning here in N.Y.C: you have no fucking idea what people are really like. They're not even two-faced--they're, like, multiple personalities.