“What, exactly, is the happiness that can be earned by turning away from reality?”
“At what exact moment did the real turn into the unreal, reality into reverie? Where was the border? Where is the border?”
“Reality is what you can get away with.”
“The world is beautiful and glorious. Humanity can be mean, and turn away from what's good.”
“You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.”
“The land and everything on it can be taken away, but no one can take away your knowledge or the degrees you earn”