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title: "6 Shadows Reality Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I believe in the invisible. I do not believe in the definitive reality of things around us. For me, reality is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/i-believe-in-the-invisible-i-do-not-believe-in-the-definitive-reality/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/duane-michals-10800_believe_i-believe-in-the-invisible-i-do-not-beli_559979.jpg)

> [In my photographic work I was always especially entranced... by the moment when the shadows of reality, so to speak, emerge out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-g-sebald/in-my-photographic-work-i-was-always-especially-entranced-by-the/)

[W. G. Sebald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-g-sebald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/w-g-sebald-10441_darkening_in-my-photographic-work-i-was-always-esp_1825396.png)

> [We are finally living in Plato's cave, if we consider how those who were imprisoned within the cave - who could do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/we-are-finally-living-in-plato-s-cave-if-we-consider-how-those-who/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/jos-saramago-208_caves_we-are-finally-living-in-plato-s-cave-if_1882885.png)

> [“In my photographic work I was always especially entranced, said Austerlitz, by the moment when the shadows of reality, so to speak,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-g-sebald-2/in-my-photographic-work-i-was-always-especially-entranced-said/)

[W.G. Sebald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-g-sebald-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/w-g-sebald-2-13661_memories_in-my-photographic-work-i-was-always-esp_2070791.jpg)

> [Every human society has its lights and its shadows. That's the reality of existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-lelio/every-human-society-has-its-lights-and-its-shadows-that-s-the-reality/)

[Sebastian Lelio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-lelio/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b80/sebastian-lelio-12337_existence_every-human-society-has-its-lights-and-i_2420501.jpg)

> [Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the highest lights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/shadows-are-in-reality-when-the-sun-is-shining-the-most-conspicuous/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/john-ruskin-314_highest_shadows-are-in-reality-when-the-sun-is-s_2809132.jpg)

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