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Reality, looked at steadily, is unbearable.

C. S. Lewis

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Looked Reality Steadily Unbearable

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C. S. Lewis
British - Writer
November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963

Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Death, like the sun, cannot be looked at steadily.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

...and to-morrow looked in my face more steadily than I could look at it

Charles Dickens

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

George Bernard Shaw

Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.

Geoff Dyer

The only reaction against an unbearable society is equally unbearable nonsense.

Kathy Acker

There is that might-have-been which is the single rock we cling to above the maelstrom of unbearable reality.

William Faulkner

As I have already said, the belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous or all delusions. It becomes still more dangerous if it is coupled with the missionary zeal to enlighten the rest of the world, whether the rest of the world wishes to be enlightened or not. To refuse to embrace wholeheartedly a particular definition of reality, to dare to see the world differently can become a "think crime" in a truly Orwellian sense as we get steadily closer to 1984.

Paul Watzlawick

All ballet galas are unbearable, but they're unbearable in different ways.

Robert Gottlieb

Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.

Timothy Leary

Most of life is unbearable. It’s unbearable but we bear it

Frank Beddor

The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.

Arthur Rimbaud

As the horsepower in modern automobiles steadily rises, the congestion of traffic steadily lowers the average possible speed of your car. This is known as Progress.

Sydney J. Harris

Hope is not mere wishful thinking. It is the precursor of a new dawn that slowly, steadily and unerringly comes to the fore and eventually grows into reality's existence.

Sri Chinmoy

The red tape for family members who want to speak to a loved one is a reality, ... The warehousing of prisoners is a reality. ... All of this needs to be looked at, not just medical care.

Christopher Bullock

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