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Tag: humor, reality

There is no pathos more bitter than that of parting from someone we have never met.

Nice to be born in this universe. Thanks dad and mom.

I’m leaning against the bookshelves when it occurs to me that one thing here is real-the books. I reach behind me and let my fingers trail over the rough leather of their antique spines, then pull one free. Nobody here reads them; the books are for decoration. Chosen for the richness of their leather bindings not for the contents of their pages. Nobody will miss one, and I need a dose of reality.

With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and 60.-Jack Nicholson

Terry Pratchett

Or — and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it — the book was true and reality was lying.

Humor (is) the process that allows one to brush reality aside when it gets too distressing.

Life is tough, then you die.

There is no pathos more bitter than that of parting from someone we have never met.

Nice to be born in this universe. Thanks dad and mom.

I’m leaning against the bookshelves when it occurs to me that one thing here is real-the books. I reach behind me and let my fingers trail over the rough leather of their antique spines, then pull one free. Nobody here reads them; the books are for decoration. Chosen for the richness of their leather bindings not for the contents of their pages. Nobody will miss one, and I need a dose of reality.

With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and 60.-Jack Nicholson

Terry Pratchett

Or — and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it — the book was true and reality was lying.