This Book Will Save Your Life (2006)
"Death and the Compass"
Ficciones (1944)
Context: "It's possible, but not interesting," Lonnrot answered. "You will reply that reality hasn't the slightest need to be of interest. And I'll answer you that reality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but that hypotheses may not. In the hypothesis you have postulated, chance intervenes largely. Here lies a dead rabbi; I should prefer a purely rabbinical explanation; not the imaginary mischances of an imaginary robber."
“You can't just wish change; you have to live the change in order for it to become a reality.”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 61
“Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.”
As "Trudy"
Unsourced variant: Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
Contributions of Jane Wagner, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1985)
“Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.”
"Trudy"
Unsourced variant: Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1985)
Quoted by William B. Whitman, The Quotable Politician p. 197.
Attributed
Source: By Any Means Necessary
Variant: You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
“You can deal with reality sooner, or later the reality will deal with you.”
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
The Wall Street Journal (August 14, 2010) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423294099527212.html.
