For scientists, reality is not optional.
It's as if cats live in a seperate universe that takes up the same space as ours, but is full of facinating things like mice or sparrows or special TV programs that we can't see.
A flower is a plant's way of making love.
No kind of bomb ever built will extinguish hatred.
From the fallen tree everybody makes firewood.
Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage.