When old people are sad, they grieve a life they never had, a fantasy, an illusion.

If the scientific worldview makes us uncomfortable, it is because it challenges all our romantic fantasies.

A microbe is more deadly than a minotaur.

There are no gods, thank god, but there are dandelions. Go out and pick some.

Reality exists, and is stronger than all our fantasies.

Pronounce these words slowly: forsythia, magnolia, azalea, redbud. Spring: it's not a fantasy, it's real.

We all live partially in the real world and partially in a fantasy world of our own.

Believe only in the thing that actually happens.

White sand, white foam, blue water-it's not a fantasy, it's real.