“Om began to feel the acute depression that steals over every realist in the presence of an optimist.”
“Pessimistic" is a word for "realistic" that optimists use to make themselves feel better (about their unrealisticness).”
“I'm no optimist. I'm just a realist who smiles too much.”
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
“How acutely sometimes the presence or absence of people mattered”
“Almost everyone is overconfident--except the people who are depressed, and they tend to be realists.”