435 quotes found
“Reality is frequently inaccurate.”
“There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside of them for reality and never allow the world within to ass...”
“To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.”
“The more real you get the more unreal the world gets. ”
“Outside, the ocean was crashing, waves hitting sand, then pulling back to sea. I thought of everything being washed away, again and again. We make such messes in this life, both accidentally and on...”
“Reality is not always probable, or likely.”
“Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.”
“What if reality is nothing but some disease?”
“Reality is crushing. The world is a wrong-sized shoe. How can anyone stand it?”
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.”
“...reality, however utopian, is something from which people feel the need of taking pretty frequent holidays....”
“Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore”
“With everything so perfect, reality seemed somehow fragile, as if the slightest interruption could imperil her pretty future... all of it felt as tenuous as a soap bubble, shivering and empty.”
“We used to do coke, till "Just Say No" put the stuff out of reach. Now it's crank. Meth. The monster. It's a bitch on the body, but damn do you fly.”
“The realities of life do not allow themselves to be forgotten.”
“Look at him now, poor fellow. That's what a dose of reality does for you...Never touch the stuff myself, you understand. Find it gets in the way of the hallucinations.”
“Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this 'reality' as you view your dreams.”
“The fog was where I wanted to be. Halfway down the path you cant see this house. Youd never know it was here. Or any of the other places down the avenue. I couldnt see but a few feet ahead. I didnt...”
“Your expectation of something unique and dramatic, of some wonderful explosion, is merely hindering and delaying your Self Realization. You are not to expect an explosion, for the explosion has alr...”
“Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?”
