Reality is what people who lack vision see.

A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up.

To put a dreamer in their place isn’t dreaming.

You can use your idealism to further your aims, if you realize that nothing is Nirvana, nothing is perfect.

In fiction: we find the predictable boring. In real life: we find the unpredictable terrifying.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.