Quotes About Illusion

With every word it seemed to Mary that her hopes were crashing around her ears. She had secretly believed that she was living in a dream world but having her dreams shattered so suddenly by a cruel complacency was like the twisting of a knife in her too vulnerable heart.

What if the [emperor's new] clothes really *were* invisible? What if they were spun from the most magical thread in the entire universe? And what if everyone was too stupid to see? Including the stupid little kid who became the hero of the story?

sometimes lies are more interesting than the truth

VERY PRETTY, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LIARS

It's amazing what you don't see, though. Even when it's right in front of your eyes.

It was funny how love could make people believe everything.

And sometimes you just don't know what's going on inside of people. People always seem so perfect on the surface. But it's not always the case. Everyone hides things.

Memory was a tricky thing, but reality was even trickier. Once you made up your mind about something, it was hard to comprehend that the truth could be something else

Sean was starting to remind her of the croque-monsieur she once ordered in Nice. At first glance, it looked like a plain, cookie-cutter grilled cheese, nothing special. But when she bit into it, the cheese was Brie and there were chopped-up portabello mushrooms hidden underneath. There was a lot more to it than it had appeared. Sean

No wonder Emma didn't see me. No wonder I wasn't in the mirror. I wasn't really there. I was dead. ... Emma stared at the girl's huge, blue eyes, slightly upturned nose, and round face. She looked exactly like her. That was because the girl in the video was me.

Everyone thinks I'm one thing, but I'm other things, too; I'm behind a curtain; I'm living a lie.

Sometimes, a family is like an ear of summer corn: It might look perfect on the outside, but when you peel the husk away, every kernel is rotten.

Scarlet's whole life . . . Some things aren't exactly what you think." A chill shot through Delilah. "What do you mean?" Was Scarlet still alive?

But that perfect little world you thought you were witnessing? It was mostly lies. My smiles and sweetness, my big hugs and happy hashtags: it was all a juicy, duplicitous trick for you to share and discuss and gobble up. And those lies were what destroyed me, plain and simple.

People see what they expect to see.

I had them all fooled into believing I was normal and well-adjusted, a rock of sensibility who could always be counted on to have a positive attitude.

Rot beneath the veneer.

Time is just something we invented to make motion seem simple.

Even beauties can be unattractive. If you catch a beauty in the wrong light at the right time, forget it. I believe in low lights and trick mirrors. I believe in plastic surgery.

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin.

What's that as flies without wings, your ladyship? Time! Time!

Time is, as you are probably aware, merely a convenient fiction. There is no such thing as time.

Time isn't precious at all, because it is an illusion.

'The Sixth Sense' is fine the second time around, but honestly, the first time around, it's dazzling.