Quotes & Sayings About Leaving The Negative Behind

How can you see something that isn't there?" yawned the Humbug, who wasn't fully awake yet.
"Sometimes, it's much simpler than seeing things that are,"he said. "For instance, if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones."
"Then where is Reality?" barked Tock.
"Right here,"cried Alec, waving his arms. — Norton Juster

But life doesn't turn out the way you expect. Ever. - Iris from What Comes After — Steve Watkins

All his leisure clothes were absurd - jokes, really - as though leisure itself had to be ridiculed. — Edmund White

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage: and they were always mortal enemies. — Jonathan Swift

The more I know, the less I sleep. — Rene Balcer