It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is,"on read more

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is,"on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.

Realism... has no more to do with reality than anything else.

Realism... has no more to do with reality than anything else.

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...

Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.

Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.

In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.

In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

Most men are the same. They're only interested in fucking you and they don't care whether you're happy or sad. read more

Most men are the same. They're only interested in fucking you and they don't care whether you're happy or sad. They just want to get on with their business in and out of bed, and they make you feel that you don't count except as their sex toy.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

People see the world not as it is, but as they are.

People see the world not as it is, but as they are.