“Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore”
“We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.”
“If one is physically disabled, one cannot afford to be *psychologically* disabled as well.”
“I cannot afford to waste my time making money.”
“If life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion.”
“Instead of possibilities, I have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. These sufferings are even the things of which I am most proud, though these are things which cannot inspire envy.”