Reality continues to ruin my life.
Calvin and Hobbes, by CalvinReality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called Life.
Patty DukeWe live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
Iris MurdochWhat if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
Woody AllenThat was when I realized, as terrifying and painful as reality can be, it’s also the only place where you can find true happiness. Because reality is real.
Ernest Cline in Ready Player OneI’m not crazy about reality, but it’s still the only place to get a decent meal.
FoodErnest Cline in Ready Player OneReality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
George Orwell in 1984There are dreamers and there are realists in this world. You'd think the dreamers would find the dreamers and the realists would find the realists, but more often than not the opposite is true. You see, the dreamers need the realists to keep them from soaring too close to the sun. And the realists, well without the dreamers, they might not ever get off the ground.
DreamingCameron Tucker in Modern Family, Season 3 Episode 9Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.
Writing, LiteratureGabriel Garcia MarquezHave you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure it was real? What if you were unable to awake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world, and the real world?
DreamingThe Matrix, by Morpheus