I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. read more

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

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

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

What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures read more

What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less a part of the structure of reality.

Reality is that part of the imagination we all agree on

Reality is that part of the imagination we all agree on

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems read more

Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems -- but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible.