Consensus Quote by Jim Woodring

I could not clearly distinguish what was passing in my head; it seemed to me that I was under the influence of a horrible…

— Alfred de Musset

I was awake and this was reality, the new reality of nothing--and worse, of having to continue to exist.

— Tony Hendra

... you looked around and saw everybody either married or busy and happy and thinking and being creative, and you felt scared, sick, lethargic,…

— Sylvia Plath

Some discouragement, some faintness of heart at the new real future which replaces the imaginary, is not unusual, and we do not expect people…

— George Eliot

Life is full of what-ifs, many of which could easily have been realities, had just a few things been different.

— Julian Baggini

I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people…

— Joe Dunthorne

There would seem to be nothing more obvious, more tangible and palpable than the present moment. And yet it eludes us completely. All the…

— Milan Kundera

Life, to me, doesn't feel like a straightforward story; it doesn't make sense for me to get up there and just tell a story.…

— Bo Burnham

If, on thinking this, I look up to see if reality can quench my thirst, I see inexpressive facades, inexpressive faces, inexpressive gestures. Stones,…

— Fernando Pessoa

It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.

— Stephen King

Reality became for me a problem after my experience with LSD. Before, I had believed there was only one reality, the reality of everyday…

— Albert Hofmann

After an eternity of seeking the sudden threshold of seeing and finding leaves one filled with a strange paradox of ecstasy and grief. I…

— Joy Page