Quotes About Illusion

what we usually call life is death, what we usually call death is life

Într-o lume de neînÈ›eles, mereu schimb?toare, masele atinseser? punctul în care puteau crede, în acelaÈ™i timp, orice sau nimic, când ele gândeau c? totul este posibil È™i c? nimic nu e adev?rat. Amestecul era destul de ciudat, întru-cât demonstra sfârÈ™itul iluziei c? naivitatea era o sl?biciune a spiritelor primitive neb?nuitoare, iar cinismul reprezenta viciul unor minÈ›i superioare È™i rafinate.

What seems paradoxical about everything that is justly called beautiful is the fact that it appears

Le mensonge est plus fort que la vérité, car il comble l'attente.

the earth is not a fresh-air resort and the idyllic prospectuses of the earth tell lies.

he had made a mirror with the power of causing all that was good and beautiful when it was reflected therein, to look poor and mean; but that which was good-for-nothing and looked ugly was shown magnified and increased in ugliness. In

At his next visit he fancied he must have got into a narrow needlecase, full of sharp needles: "Oh," thought he, "this must be the heart of an old maid;" but such was not the fact;

But he hasn't got anything on, a little child said.

Yet still they flew on and on, higher and higher, till at last the mirror trembled so fearfully that it slipped from their hands and fell to the earth, shivered into hundreds of millions and billions of bits. And then it did more harm than ever. Some of these bits were not as big as a grain of sand and these flew about, all over the world, getting into people's eyes. And once in, they stuck there and distorted everything they looked at or made them see everything that was amiss.

But he hasn't got anything on! the whole town cried out at last.

Bien des gens reçurent de cette funeste poussière dans l'Å"il. Une fois là, elle y restait, et les gens voyaient tout en mal, tout en laid, et tout à l'envers.

I said everyone looks happy. That was kinda my point. If you judge the world by Facebook, you wonder why so many people take Prozac.

It was more about understanding that you could give it your all, give yourself the best chances, but control is an illusion.

Fame is more addictive than crack. Adults who lose fame--one-hit wonders, for example--usually tailspin into depression, though they try to act like they're above it. They don't want to admit the truth. Their whole life is a lie, a desperate scramble for another dose of that most potent of drugs. Fame

She looks really happy. Everyone looks happy on Facebook. I know, right? What's up with that?

Those who claim they can spot a lie are usually just fooled with greater conviction.

Everyone looks happy," he'd said to Corinne. "Oh, not you too." "What?" "Everyone looks happy on Facebook," Corinne said. "It's like a compilation of your life's greatest hits.

Perception is often more important than reality.

Esperanza said, "Some bottled blond with a bottled tan is down here to see you.

He looks deep into my eyes and I see clarity, or maybe that is one of the things we make ourselves believe at the end. A final false comfort.

Guys who lack confidence in so many ways still manage to delude themselves into thinking they are irresistible to all women.

Gavin gestured toward the capsule. "I was a little surprised we found your place so easily. I figured you'd set up decoys. You ever read about the Ghost Army in World War Two?" Wilde had. "The Twenty-Third Headquarters Special Troops.

the Ghost Army

The women were, in this smoky light, largely on the attractive side, albeit young, and dressed more like they were playing adults than actually being ones. The majority of the women had their cell phones out, skinny fingers tapping off texts; they danced with a languorousness that bordered on comatose. Esperanza