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Fantasy Quotes

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

Marcel Proust (2002). “In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower”, Viking Press

All that is gold does not glitter.

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.179, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.

Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.263, Ballantine Books

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.521, Bantam

I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.

"Manning-Lamo Chat Logs Revealed". Excerpts from instant messenger chats, www.wired.com. July 13, 2011.

I always had a fantasy of being a chef, because I like kitchen life.

"The Life and Death of Peter Sellers". Interview with James Ashwood, www.indielondon.co.uk.

Unless you are a fortune-teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy.

David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (2010). “ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever”, p.19, Random House