Quotes About Illusion

Spotting the same car three times could have been a coincidence. Kim Kardashian's boobs could be real, too, and that's about as likely.

And to Conrad, it seemed as though he had entered some strange world beyond our own, where nothing was as it appears, and anything could be possible.

Distance is a liar. Perspective, on the other hand, is a brutally honest motherfucker. - Joe Ledger, "Hot Time in the Old Town

Normal is like the horizon. The closer you get to it, the further away you are.

Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true.

Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true.

It's the same with spirit guises; show me a sweet little choirboy or a smiling mother and I'll show you the hideous fanged strigoi it really is. (Not always. Just sometimes. *Your* mother is absolutely fine, for instance. Probably.)

Long ago I dreamed of being a hero in your company" Halli said Huskily "I'm sorry to say your reality disappoints me

Julius Tallow was a fool. He appeared complacent, but like a weak swimmer out of his depth, his legs were kicking frantically under the surface, trying to keep him afloat. Whatever happened, Nathaniel did not intend to sink with him.

Freedom is an illusion. It always comes at a price. Thinking

your dress. Too tight.' 'You think so? It looks all right to me.' 'You're only looking at the front, love.

In a perfect example of most magician's dreary style, each and every vehicle was big, black and shiny. Even the smallest looked as if it wanted to be a hearse when it grew up.

Freedom is an illusion. It always comes at a price.

Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants.

She looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

The only thing worse than not having your dream come true is having it come true for a little while.

Full of promise, full of dreams, full of shit. Mostly just full of yourself. So full you're bursting. And then you get out into the world, and people empty you out, little by little, like air from a balloon.

But the truth is always a lot fuzzier, hiding in soft focus on the periphery.

Driving a Porsche is like fucking a model," he says, and he would know. "It will never feel as good as it looks.

Driving a Porsche is like fucking a model. It will never feel as good as it looks.

Wir sehen Menschen, die wir lieben, meist nur so, wie wir sie im Kopf haben. Hin und wieder aber erhaschen wir zufällig einen Blick darauf, wie sie in Wirklichkeit aussehen, und in den Sekundenbruchteilen, die unser Gehirn braucht, um sich auf die neue Realität einzustellen, kommen kleine Dinge in uns vom Weg ab und wirbeln schreiend irgendeinen Abhang hinunter.

The really good liars, the true grandmasters of bullshit, are so damn convincing because they actually believe their own lies.

Nothing here is as it seems; Dreams are truths, and truths are dreams. Closed your ears to loved ones' cries; Die if you believe your eyes. Bind with ropes your flesh and blood, And let your guide be made of wood.