A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what’s real and what’s not and most of us have been going along with it ever sinc… - Charles de Lint

It’s so much easier for most people to relate to a TV set than it is to another person. They get all this data fed into them, but they don’t know what to do with it anymore. When they talk to other people, it’s all surface. How ya doing, what about the weather. The only opinions they have are those that they’ve gotten from people on the TV. They think they’re informed, but all they’re doing is repeating the views of talk show hosts and news commentators.

Dying doesn't end anything - it just changes where you are

You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.