Quotes About Reality

The budget deficit for 1932, expected to be around twenty million pounds, would in fact be nearer one hundred seventy million pounds.

T]here is a certain kind of child who awakens from a book as from an abyssal sleep, swimming heavily up through layers of consciousness toward a reality that seems less real than the dream-state that has been left behind. I was such a child.

In my opinion, consensual reality is better than facts. (Sukey Waller)

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.

I don't intend to shrink from the truth, because the longer it's postponed, the harder it will be for them to accept it when they do hear it!

You are all made of real poop.

Dussel promised her the moon, but, as usual, we haven't seen so much as a beam.

I simply can't imagine the world will ever be normal again for us. I do talk about "after the war," but it's as if I were talking about a castle in the air, something that can Ii never come true.

If the truth is told, things are just as bad as you yourself care to make them.

Îl iubeam aÈ™a de tare, încât n-am vrut s? privesc adev?rul în fa?? È™i m-am È›inut scai de el.

For a long time now I didn't know why I was bothering to do any schoolwork. The end of the war still seemed so far away, so unreal, like a fairy tale.

Dussel promised her the moon, but, as usual, we haven't seen so much as a beam.

Asta-i dificultatea timpului nostru: idealul, visele, speranÈ›ele frumoase nici nu apuc? s? apar? bine, È™i numaidecât sunt lovite de realitatea atroce È™i distruse cu totul.

Tampoco en el futuro le tendré miedo a la verdad, puesto que cuanto más se la pospone, tanto más difícil es enfrentarla.

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality.

en el futuro le tendré miedo a la verdad, puesto que cuanto más se la pospone, tanto más difícil es enfrentarla.

When I think back to my life in 1942, it all seems so unreal. The Anne Frank who enjoyed that heavenly existence was completely different from the one who has grown wise within these walls.

I'm surprised at my childish innocence. Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.

Reality is unforgivingly complex.

The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But if you accept the reality that you have been given- that you are not in a productive creative period- you free yourself to begin filling up again.

the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.

most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.