#real

I may not be old but I’m too old to have this much nothing ↗

— Jonathan Tropper

#self-realization #life

A bitter reality of truth can be wisely told in a sweet tale of lullaby. ↗

— Toba Beta

#lies #life #reality #sweet #tell-a-tale

Optimism was for children. Once you reached adulthood then you had to join the rest of the world as a realist - life was a bag of shit you were expected to pay for. ↗

— N.C. Thomas

#pessimism #realism #life

I don't assign myself to the names of any religious or non religious groups I prefer my actions and beliefs to be manic or marvelous just like me ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#belief #bi-polar #christians #church #life

Do whatever you like because life is short ↗

— Sujanā

#real #life

Impending doom, it was a familiar sweater, we all wore it and as scratchy as it felt against our skin, we kept it on. ↗

— Holly Hood

#life #love #reality #life

Was [Sisyphus] from your province? 'I don't know. I don't know if he's real,' Ky says. 'If he ever existed.' 'Then why tell his story?' I don't understand, and for a second I feel betrayed. Why did Ky tell me about this person and make me feel empathy for him when there's no proof that he ever lived at all? Ky pauses for a moment before he answers, ...'Even if he didn't live his story, enough of us have lived lives just like it. So it's true anyway. ↗

— Ally Condie

#myths #real #sisyphus #stories #truth

J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence. ↗

— Anatole France

#english #french #love #passion #prefer

Sometimes, he thought, real love is silent as well as blind. ↗

— Stephen King

#real-love #the-stand #love

Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail. It is the deepest faith we have, and the unbeliever- the blasphemer, the dissenter- will stimulate in us the most righteous of furies. ↗

— Ken Kesey

#realism-truth #reflection #faith