#realist

There was a lot about my life that was crappy, now that I couldn't talk. But if I hadn't gotten drunk that night, if I hadn't gotten in that accident, would I have ever had this moment? Lying there in the sun, holding Sam's hand like time didn't exist and the real world couldn't touch us? Somehow I didn't think so. ↗

— Keary Taylor

#acceptance #accepting #depression #feeling-infinite #friendship

I was only going to shoot you if he was in one band. And only if it had a name like Uncle Toejam's Acid Crematorium or something. But bluegrass is good, and hey, music is MY life too. Maybe I'll actually like the guy (assuming he's around long enough). Just don't write and tell me you're in the process of stirring up some baby Custard-Mustards. ↗

— Ellen Wittlinger

#humor #realistic-fiction #ya-fiction #music

Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic but they feel less real. ↗

— Brad Bird

#i #i think #less #look #more

Why is it that when you don't want to think about something, you can't stop thinking about it? ↗

— Stella Lennon

#teens #teen

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#even #hoped #i #i think #little

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#conclude #democracy #feelings #forced #idealistic

Part of a horror movie has to be a bit fakey for me to really enjoy it. The new ones are so realistic that they distract me from the ride through the horror. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#distract #enjoy #horror #horror movie #me

Prophecy is nothing but only just an estimation based on regularities of the Nature. ↗

— Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram

#realistic #life

You've got to be realistic. ↗

— Patrick Rafter

#realistic #you

I've been reading scripts where they've been doing a lot of singing now, but within the dark, realistic story line. I would love, love, love, love to do that. But not a musical on Broadway, I don't have that kind of energy or stamina. ↗

— Alia Shawkat

#broadway #dark #doing #energy #i