Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)

by Ernest Cline

“People who live in glass houses should shut the fuck up.”

Because knowing is half the battle.

I’m not crazy about reality, but it’s still the only place to get a decent meal. —Groucho Marx

(“No matter where you go, there you are” was the manufacturer’s slogan.)

there are no coincidences in this world...

“No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful.”

I never felt at home in the real world. I didn’t know how to connect with the people there. I was afraid, for all of my life. Right up until I knew it was ending. That was when I realized, as terrifying and painful as reality can be, it’s also the only place where you can find true happiness. Because reality is real.