#real

That’s sad. How plastic and artificial life has become. It gets harder and harder to find something…real.” Nin interlocked his fingers, and stretched out his arms. “Real love, real friends, real body parts… ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#cyberpunk #materialism #meaning #plastic-surgery #reality

Fortunately, I got called down to NASA for an interview. And one thing led to the next, and one day I got that call. I've been here about seven years now and am really enjoying it. ↗

— Michael P. Anderson

#am #been #call #called #day

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. ↗

— John Lennon

#leaves #lot #reality

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#imagination #limits #reality #world

Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#feelings #reality #imagination

if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones. ↗

— Norton Juster

#fantasy #fiction #humor #illusions #imaginary

The waking have one world in common; sleepers have each a private world of his own. ↗

— Heraclitus

#life #reality #imagination

As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications. ↗

— Dave Parnas

#applications #been #failed #real #repeatedly

Are we all living like this? Two lives, the ideal outer life and the inner imaginative life where we keep our secrets? ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#jeanette-winterson #reality #sexing-the-cherry #imagination

What occurs to people when they read Kurt [Vonnegut] is that things are much more up for grabs than they thought they were. The world is a slightly different place just because they read a damn book. Imagine that. ↗

— Mark Vonnegut

#reality #imagination