Quotes About Illusion

But what use was the semblance of power without the substance?

Women, I thought: if they fell over a cliff and thought there was company waiting at the bottom, they'd comb their hair on the way down.

Writers of fiction embellish reality almost without knowing it.

It may well be that a society's greatest madness seems normal to itself.

O homem pode enganar -se, deixar -se iludir, sem que, por isso, seja louco.

Man's fatal flaw is misplaced optimism.

I really believe, or want to believe, really I am nuts, otherwise I'll never be sane.

Do not be content with an imaginary god.

You're Insane-Molly You know what they say. It's the ones who are sure they are sane that aren't. -Holt

The rest of them never considered time, how it moves both so quickly and so slowly that it's always just beyond your grasp.

Pretend and it will be true.

love is the biggest con of all

Even the longest con was never more than an assortment of moments that were in themselves very very short.

She thought she kept seeing him because she wanted to see him," Macey explained. "Ooooh," Bex and Liz sighed together. "It's a by-product of very dramatic kissing," Macey went on like a doctor identifying a common side effect.

Don't let the glitter fool you." She wiggles her shiny nails in the air, then taps her temple. "I'm up here" "I see that," I say as Noah whispers a very soft, "I love you." "What?" Megan asks. "Nothing," Noah says, then pulls back and walks to the other side of the desk.

But then the girl moved, and smiled, and pulled her hand from the grate- a gorgeous green stone clutched tightly in her grasp. It was covered with dust and cobwebs, but it was uncracked and unharmed. And, of course, completely fake.

It's simple: just give the eyes something new to look at so that the mind doesn't truly see.

Somehow, I think the fact that the inceptor looked like a cross between a young George Clooney and Orlando Bloom might have played into that a little bit.

pequeño, y pobre, y atrasado, donde no se cumplen las leyes físicas, donde la aritmética es opinable, moldeable como la plastilina, donde se divide entre todos el mérito de unos pocos y la responsabilidad de unos pocos se multiplica por todos para que nadie tenga nunca ningún mérito ni responsabilidad alguna, porque las cosas pasan solas, como por arte de magia o porque no les queda más remedio que pasar.

sabía que no era exactamente así, aquello no era verdad, pero la verdad también desaparecía, y yo seguía pensando lo mismo, y era agradable, me sentía alguien, segura, en momentos como ése, era curioso...

Pero el éxito era una receta poco compatible con el autoengaño.

Esto es una ratonera. Cómoda, soleada, con vistas al mar, eso sí, pero una ratonera, quizás la mejor, y precisamente por eso, una de las peores.

Par le bois du Djinn où s'entasse de l'effroi Parle ! Bois du gin ou cent tasses de lait froid

One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.