Marcel Proust Quotes

All the mind's activity is easy if it is not subjected to reality.

It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.

The majority of men prefer delusion to truth. It soothes. It is easy to grasp. Above all, it fits more snugly than the truth into a universe of false appearances—of complex and irrational phenomena, defectively grasped.

The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality.

Daydreaming subverts the world.

Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.

How easy it is for a fantasy to grab hold of your foot like a rope, and dangle your life upside down while brigands go through your pockets. Deal with the life you've got. Solve the problems you have, rather than fantasizing about a life without them.

Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot reality anymore.

The minute I forget to balance reality with the fantasy, I'm going back to Virginia.

I think I spend most of my time not living in reality, actually.

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

Without its roots in reality, I don't think escapism can survive.

Fantasies are absolutely safe, as long as you never try to make them a reality.

I have a certain avoidance of reality that makes fantasy an ideal choice for me.

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

Tonight, I've finally learned to tell fantasy from reality. And, knowing the difference, I choose fantasy.

Fantasy is seductive and much more wonderful than reality, but you can't take it to the bank. It's always an escape. And if used as an escape, as in attending a movie or a show for a circumscribed period of time, it's fine. When it starts to become undifferentiated from reality, it leads to big trouble.

Is not this whole world an illusion? And yet it fools everybody.

I'm not completely sure we aren't all living in a hallucination now.

Reality doesn't interest me.

All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy.

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe world, pretending that certain things aren't happening.

Storytelling, mythology and film provide a lot of hope but, on the flip side, can also create delusion.

I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.