Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone wolf patriot standing up to dystopic forces of oppression - a myth - and more in common with the disease known as cancer - a harsh reality.
There's a harsh reality - nothing lasts forever. You have to be ready to grow, and grow fast.
Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I read the diary, I had a fresh way of viewing the both literature and the world. From then on, I found I was impatient with books that were not honest or that were trivial and frivolous.
It's a good harsh reality, because my family keeps me very grounded.
Mixing humour and harsh reality is a very human behaviour, it's the way people stay sane in their daily lives.
The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.
Hurricane Katrina exposed the harsh reality that we have been skating on thin ice when it comes to this country's energy concentrations on the Gulf Coast.
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines.
We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.
The harsh reality is that if you are middle-aged, write computer code for a living, and earn a six-figure salary, you're headed for the unemployment lines. Your market value declines as you age, and it becomes harder and harder to get a job.