“And books which told me everything about the wasp, except why.”
Source: A Child's Christmas in Wales
“Everything is a dangerous drug to me except reality, which is unendurable.”
—
Cyril Connolly
,
book
The Unquiet Grave
Part I: Ecce Gubernator (p. 37)
The Unquiet Grave (1944)
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“The experiences which drugs induce are as far removed from Reality as is a mirage, from water.”
Meher Baba
(1894–1969) Indian mystic
As quoted in "An analysis of the problems presented in the use of LSD" (1967) UNODC http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1967-01-01_1_page003.html
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Context: The experiences which drugs induce are as far removed from Reality as is a mirage, from water. No matter how much you pursue the mirage, you will never quench your thirst, and the search for Truth through drugs must end in disillusionment.
Hays translation
Source: Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book X, 3
“Everything seems to be working." Except me. I'm broken.”
Julie Anne Peters
(1952) American writer
Source: By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
“This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.”
Source: The Angel's Game
“Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.”
Lily Tomlin
(1939) American actress, comedian, writer, and producer
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.”
Jane Wagner
(1935) Playwright, actress
"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)
Source: A Burnt Child (1948), p. 200
“No, this is not a good town for psychedelic drugs. Reality itself is too twisted.”
Source: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas