It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.
It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.
Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.
If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.
I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.
It is hard to know what you are talking about in mathematics, yet no one questions the validity of what you say. There is no other realm of discourse half so queer.
Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.
Imaginary evils are incurable.
I'm not really afraid of things that are imaginary. I enjoy it. I enjoy big narrative, and I enjoy big feelings. Having a feeling is never going to kill you.
A relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one.