You may choose to live in a world of fantasy if you like, my dear, but I am a realist.

Ransom Riggs
About This Quote

In this quote, the speaker is telling the other person that she may choose to live in a world of fantasy but her experiences tell her otherwise. The speaker is trying to put the other person in touch with reality.

Source: Hollow City

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