Reality

"We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination."

"If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them."

"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."

"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 assert itself."

"Humankind cannot bear very much reality."

"I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching."

"You don't get explanations in real life. You just get moments that are absolutely, utterly, inexplicably odd."

"Reality can be beaten with enough imagination."

"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality."

"There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened."

"Nothing ever becomes real 'til it is experienced."

"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic."

"Reality is frequently inaccurate."

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."

"To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one."

"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction."

"One person's craziness is another person's reality."

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane."