Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.

Jules Verne

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21 Comments CherryPie on Feb 2nd 2014

21 Responses to “Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week”

  1. Indeed, but so much that is imagined is also taken to be real. We are not very good at separating the two.

  2. ....peter:) says:

    I believe that Jules Vern nailed it Cherie… your landscape is beautiful… and that… is reality….peter:)

  3. Ginnie says:

    I actually have to agree with that assessment, Cherry! :)

  4. james higham says:

    Variation on the resplendent lily.

  5. But reality can be quite cruel sometimes. ;)

  6. Sean Jeating says:

    Interesting that Verne would say this, eh? Obviously, he never dreamt of smelling the most wonderful scents of the most beautiful flowers on a meadow where smarties are growing everywhere . . . : )

  7. Claude says:

    I don’t agree entirely with Jules Verne. Great photo!

  8. JD says:

    I think I have already recommended this book to you-
    http://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship/sermons/2006/november/sermon-for-matins-this-sunrise-of-wonder
    It expands on what Verne was saying but not by seeing ‘facts’ but by being in awe of the sheer wonder of everything in the world :)