Cognitive dissonance Quote by William James

We need only in cold blood to act as if the thing in question were real and it will infallibly end by growing into…

— William James

“Maybe eventually winter will finish our job for us and end the world in ice instead of blood.”

— Isaac Marion

“In order for us to become Real, we must become lovers of real life in all its complexity and uncertainty.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Real isn't what you are; it;s something that happens. And right now, you need something good to happen to you.”

— Sylvain Reynard

“Be it life or death, we crave only reality. If we are really dying, let us hear the rattle in our throats and feel…

— Henry David Thoreau

“what’s real doesn’t always matter. What people think has been done to them can be just as serious as what really happened.”

— Heather Graham

“How can something that is true in your heart and in your mind not be real?”

— Hester Velmans

“At this moment, as I stood on the verge of tears, the words "realism" and "romanticism" welled up within me. I have no sense…

— Osamu Dazai

“Blood is a fickle thing, but so is truth, which can be bent to suit all purposes.”

— Amalie Howard

“Blood, I’ve discovered, is pretty meaningless in the face of real love.”

— Sophie Oak

“Reality is endlessly cold and lonely.”

— Haruki Murakami

“There’s little in life that’s so disheartening as constant cold.”

— Stephen King