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title: "Best Feel Real Words"
description: "Browse 169 Feel Real quotes by 149 authors. Discover the best Feel Real sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Because though our doubts (and self-doubts) feel real, they have very little bearing on what is and isn't possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-holiday/because-though-our-doubts-and-self-doubts-feel-real-they-have-very/)

[Ryan Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-holiday/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/ryan-holiday-514_doubt_because-though-our-doubts-and-self-doubt_1148395.jpg)

> [We are looking for a way to feel more real, but we do not realize that to feel more real we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-epstein/we-are-looking-for-a-way-to-feel-more-real-but-we-do-not-realize-that/)

[Mark Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-epstein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/mark-epstein-15760_feel_we-are-looking-for-a-way-to-feel-more-re_2937285.png)

> [We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we feel all this may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-rendell/we-always-know-when-we-are-awake-that-we-cannot-be-dreaming-even/)

[Ruth Rendell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-rendell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/ruth-rendell-16367_awake_we-always-know-when-we-are-awake-that-we_2233995.png)

> [“I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is. Which Zen guy said "If you want to drown,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-king/i-d-rather-feel-something-for-real-than-pretend-it-s-not-what-it-is-2/)

[A.S. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/a-s-king-2293_shallow-water_i-d-rather-feel-something-for-real-than_3193322.png)

> [and yet I feel that the most real home I'll ever have is the space where our roads merged and traveled along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-thompson/and-yet-i-feel-that-the-most-real-home-i-ll-ever-have-is-the-space/)

[Craig Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/craig-thompson-13868_feels_and-yet-i-feel-that-the-most-real-home-i_1795244.png)

> [I am ever thankful to my fans for making me who I am today. I feel I have a real commitment to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-jose/i-am-ever-thankful-to-my-fans-for-making-me-who-i-am-today-i-feel-i/)

[Jose Jose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-jose/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f4/jose-jose-25865_fans_i-am-ever-thankful-to-my-fans-for-making_1042325.jpg)

> [I did go there later, but I hadn't been there before I wrote the book. Sometimes I feel like the imagined can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/i-did-go-there-later-but-i-hadn-t-been-there-before-i-wrote-the-book/)

[Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/871/alice-hoffman-427_been_i-did-go-there-later-but-i-hadn-t-been-t_2798971.png)

> [I'll look at social media occasionally, but when I do, I find myself putting too much emphasis on what everyone else is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scottie-scheffler/i-ll-look-at-social-media-occasionally-but-when-i-do-i-find-myself/)

[Scottie Scheffler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scottie-scheffler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a77/scottie-scheffler-6492_great_i-ll-look-at-social-media-occasionally-b_2504424.jpg)

> [You can't start putting difficult clothes on a person. They're actors: they have to move, they have to feel real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-field/you-can-t-start-putting-difficult-clothes-on-a-person-they-re-actors/)

[Patricia Field](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-field/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c8/patricia-field-47308_actors_you-can-t-start-putting-difficult-clothe_1714181.jpg)

## Top authors on Feel Real

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gillian-flynn-38595.jpg) Gillian Flynn 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel-real/gillian-flynn/)

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