#realism

The public is always relieved to find that once the chief officers of state are elected they do not sincerely want change. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#politics #realism #change

She could just pack up and leave, but she does not visualize what's beyond ahead. ↗

— Núria Añó

#feminism #freedom #gender #gender-inequality #hypocrisy

M. Zola sits down to give us a picture of the Second Empire. Who cares for the Second Empire now? It is out of date. Life goes faster than Realism, but Romanticism is always in front of Life. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#realism #romanticism #dating

This place has only three exits, sir: Madness, and Death. ↗

— Rene Daumal

#madness #philosophy #surrealism #death

The stars and planets don’t disappear just because it’s daytime. ↗

— Tami Egonu

#paranormal-romance #dreams

You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly. 'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out. There was some nervous laughter, but Reg looked offended. 'In the circumstances, Sergeant, I think we should set our sights a little higher--' 'Well, yes, we could,' said Vimes, coming down the steps. He glanced at the sheets of papers in front of Reg. The man cared. He really did. And he was serious. He really was. 'But...well, Reg, tomorrow the sun will come up again, and I'm pretty sure that whatever happens we won't have found Freedom, and there won't be a whole lot of Justice, and I'm damn sure we won't have found Truth. But it's just possible that I might get a hard-boiled egg. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#freedom #hard-boiled-egg #justice #realism #revolution

People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings. ↗

— Salvador Dalí

#mystery #surrealism #art

and taught him the only thing he had to learn about love: that nobody teaches life anything. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#life

Reality hasn't really sunk in yet, I knew that. I didn't want to know what life was going to feel like when it finally did. ↗

— Keary Taylor

#realistic #reality #life

I learned that realism can come in all shapes and sizes. The world is big enough for different values to coexist. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#realism #life