--- title: "9 Reality Didn Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Reality Didn quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Reality Didn sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/laurel-ulen-curtis-23234_fairy_sometimes-reality-didn-t-come-with-a-hap_2861814.jpg" --- > [“Sometimes reality didn't come with a happily ever after.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-ulen-curtis/sometimes-reality-didn-t-come-with-a-happily-ever-after/) [Laurel Ulen Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-ulen-curtis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/laurel-ulen-curtis-23234_fairy_sometimes-reality-didn-t-come-with-a-hap_2861814.jpg) > [...but that was the thing about reality. It didn't need to make sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-grant/but-that-was-the-thing-about-reality-it-didn-t-need-to-make-sense/) [Mira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/mira-grant-1141_make-sense_but-that-was-the-thing-about-reality-it_1265752.png) > [When people say don't judge a book by its cover that's complete bullshit...reality didn't hit them yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-people-say-don-t-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-that-s-complete/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/anonymous-1_being-judged_when-people-say-don-t-judge-a-book-by-it_2625318.jpg) > [“But that reality was like nothing I'd ever seen before: a reality that didn't seem to fit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/but-that-reality-was-like-nothing-i-d-ever-seen-before-a-reality-that/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/haruki-murakami-21_quote_but-that-reality-was-like-nothing-i-d-ev_1271006.jpg) > [“And I could go the rest of my life like this, don't get me wrong. This was reality and I'd certainly learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-harbison/and-i-could-go-the-rest-of-my-life-like-this-don-t-get-me-wrong-this/) [Beth Harbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-harbison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/beth-harbison-13311_life_and-i-could-go-the-rest-of-my-life-like_1655400.jpg) > [He was kind of a fringe NFL guy. Some people think in the right situation he might have stuck for a bunch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-sperduto/he-was-kind-of-a-fringe-nfl-guy-some-people-think-in-the-right/) [Pat Sperduto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-sperduto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/pat-sperduto-268220_bunch_he-was-kind-of-a-fringe-nfl-guy-some-peo_2310528.png) > [I believed that regardless of political ideologies - the reality was I didn't even have any - which is no excuse, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-winston-wolkoff/i-believed-that-regardless-of-political-ideologies-the-reality-was-i/) [Stephanie Winston Wolkoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-winston-wolkoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/stephanie-winston-wolkoff-1158_ethics_i-believed-that-regardless-of-political_10374.jpg) > [“Things aren't what they seem. What a truth to learn at such a tender age! More discouraging was the way in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/things-aren-t-what-they-seem-what-a-truth-to-learn-at-such-a-tender/) [Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/jan-strnad-40766_parenting_things-aren-t-what-they-seem-what-a-trut_90043.jpg) > [“I argued myself into thinking that physical experience is the only true reality. I didn't want to be told about this, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/i-argued-myself-into-thinking-that-physical-experience-is-the-only/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/paul-theroux-913_computers_i-argued-myself-into-thinking-that-physi_434027.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reality-didn/#itemlist", "name": "Reality Didn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Sometimes reality didn't come with a happily ever after.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laurel Ulen Curtis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-ulen-curtis/sometimes-reality-didn-t-come-with-a-happily-ever-after/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/laurel-ulen-curtis-23234_fairy_sometimes-reality-didn-t-come-with-a-hap_2861814.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/laurel-ulen-curtis-23234_fairy_sometimes-reality-didn-t-come-with-a-hap_2861814.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/laurel-ulen-curtis-23234_fairy_sometimes-reality-didn-t-come-with-a-hap_2861814.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes reality didn't come with a happily ever after.” — Laurel Ulen Curtis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...but that was the thing about reality. 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