Russell Hoban - Reality Quotes

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Early on in my childhood I sensed the thinness of reality and I became terrified of what might be on the other side of the membrane: I imagined a ceaseless becoming that swallowed up everything. I used to lie awake in the night and grind my teeth. But after a while anything becomes home, even terror.

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Reality is ungraspable. For convenience we use a limited-reality consensus in which work can be done, transport arranged, and essential services provided. The real reality is something else — only the strangeness of it can be taken in.

Russell Hoban

If reality had a stage door I'd hang around there to see what comes out after the show.

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