Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Thinking about bad things is often worse than the things actually happening.
- In plain terms
- Imagining bad things hurts more than reality.
- What can you take from it?
- Worry makes pain worse.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is it better to forget?
- Why do memories hurt more?
Another view
Sometimes reality is worse than memory.
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