Quotes About Illusion

She thought she could be saved. She thought he could take her hand and owldance her around the circle. She thought she could watch him fancydance, watch his calf muscles grow more and more perfect with each step. She thought he was Crazy Horse.

Son, things have never been like how you think they used to be.

Yes, he's a good boy. Never been in trouble at school and he's on the honor roll. Captain of the football team. All-around psycho serial killer who hides bodies in the fridge whenever his parents go out of town. (Nick) I also eat babies for breakfast and torture small animals for fun. My therapist says I'm making real progress though. (Caleb)

They say when you're about to die, you see your entire life flash before your eyes. They lied. The only thing Nick Gautier could see flashing was Kyrian Hunter's vampire fangs.

Cupid is anything but cute. As for handing our hearts, he's more likely to rip them out. (Julian) But he can make people fall in love. (Selena) No. What he offers is an illusion. No power from above can make one human love another. Love comes from within the heart. (Julian)

That is the beauty of memory, isn't it? Our reality is always clouded by our perceptions of truth. (Mnimi)

What fools these mortals be. (Acheron)

They say when you're about to die, you see your entire life flash before your eyes. They lied.

Trust me, Joe. You're not a cowboy. The only cows you ever saw as a kid came under a plastic wrap in the grocery store or in a paper wrapped from McDonald's. (Tee)

Why did you marry him then? (Francesca) I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. I thought he was a noble prince. I had no idea he was barely one step up from a monkey. I take that back and I deeply apologize to all the primates of the earth for insulting them. He's not worthy of monkeydom. He's a slimy slug trail. (Esperetta)

He made her want to believe in fairy tales and lies. In males who were decent and loving.

The hall they entered had arched ceilings over twenty feet high that were painted in tromp l'oeil, basically a bunch of butt-naked baby angels pointing at each other.' (Carlos)

La última vez que creí que una mujer me amaba, perdí un imperio y acabé crucificado mientras ella se reía de mí. No seas tonta, Amanda. El amor no existe. Es una ilusión. No me amas; no puedes amarme.

My life is devoted to self-delusion - and I have a great capacity for that - but it's the thing that gives me the most pleasure, so I can't complain about it.

Life it seems a struggle between what we think and what we see

Some people fake their death, I'm faking my life.

Life ain't the movies.

If life is a video game, then most of us have no chance of winning, if by winning you mean succeeding in a quest or saving a princess.

Photography seems to fix, but this is an illusion created by our short lives. A photograph is merely a note held for 200 years.

There is a wonderful expression: seeing through a glass darkly. Everything, even life, is inevitably removed from you. You can't reach, or touch, the real. You just see reflections

Funniest thing happened though, you wouldn't believe it, ha, the mannequins came to life. I went insane.

Because on some level, even though it never turns out to be true, and even though I should know better, I still expect life to be like the movies.

What shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue!

But then, my entire life is bullshit. The best things in it have vanished, ghosts. Ghosts I'll admit I created.