People live their lives bound by what they accept as correct and true. That's how they define reality. But what does it mean to be correct or true? Merely vague concepts. Their reality may all be a mirage. Can we consider them to simply be living in their own world, shaped by their beliefs?
Itachi Uchiha in NarutoI’m not crazy about reality, but it’s still the only place to get a decent meal.
FoodErnest Cline in Ready Player OneHave 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 MorpheusThat 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 OneReality is the stillness buried deep beneath the illusion.
Raiden Shogun in Genshin ImpactReality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
George Orwell in 1984Reality 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 MurdochThere 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 9The old faiths light their candles all about, but burly Truth comes by and puts them out.
FaithLizette Woodworth ReeseReality is more than neurons firing around in your brain. Reality is not what's on the inside. It's what's happening on the outside.
Daniel Solace in 1899, Season 1The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
Tom ClancyIf real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then "real" is simply electrical signals, interpreted by your brain.
The Matrix, by MorpheusEverything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
Niels BohrReality continues to ruin my life.
Calvin and Hobbes, by CalvinWhat if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
Woody AllenUltimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.
Writing, LiteratureGabriel Garcia Marquez