Quotes About Illusion

Normal is a construct. A story people tell themselves. It's what everyone does—feigns some concept of normalcy. Stories people tell themselves are the only reality humans know.

I am not in love with you," she said. "It is an infatuation. I have heard of such derangements happening to elderly spinsters.

Women do not lie, my lord Dain," came a faintly accented voice from the door. "It merely seems so because they exist in another reality.

In the real, grown-up world, unicorns were more plentiful than Prince Charmings.

I'm reminded," he begins, "of a famous cartoon. It's of a prisoner, shaking the bars, desperately trying to get out—but to his right and left, it's open, no bars.

I need to remember, however, that there are enormous gaps between what I know and what I think I know. I learned that I need to be very wary of my storyteller's potential for stirring up drama and trauma.

My favorite definition of fear is "False Expectations Appearing Real

Old age robs you of every last illusion, even the belief in your own goodness.

But even though she's started the game in the first place, she no longer wanted to play. Somewhere along the way, her heart had flipped on her. She could pretend to be a bad girl all she wanted. It was only an illusion. The truth was, she needed more than sex. And that really pissed her off about herself.

Pretend you still believe I'm that superhero

He held up his hand, and in it was... Oh, God. The neon-pink vibrator, glowing in the dark now. It was following her, stalking her, all the way down the yellow brick road to hell.

Her heart just about stopped. "Us?" she asked in shock. "There is no us. There's a you. And there's a me. And okay, so sometimes we get crazy and become a very momentary us but it's not real." "It could be," he said. She gaped at him, completely gobsmacked.

That this woman talking to him had large, melting brown eyes and long brown hair the color of a doe's, on a face meant for an artist's canvas, all attached to a nifty little compact body that could tempt the gods meant nothing. She was insane.

Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.

You think your power is what shapes the world you walk in. But that is an illusion. Your choices shape your world. You think your power will protect you from the consequences of those choices. But you are wrong. You create your own rewards. There is a Judge. There is Justice in this world. And one day you will receive what you have earned. Choose carefully.

There is no spoon. I am completely spoonless over here.

Harry? Bob asked. Are your feet wet? And can you see the pyramids? I blinked. What? Earth to Dresden, Bob said. You are standing knee-deep in de Nile.

I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.

People always equate beauty with good, but it just ain't so.

the worst madmen don't seem odd at all," Grimm said. "They appear to be quite calm and rational, in fact. Until the screaming starts.

Yeah, they look great, but that isn't a fantasy come true, Harry. That's a wood chipper in Playboy bunny clothing.

Money is a madness, a delusion-illusion. It's not made of metal, really. It's made of time. How much is one's time worth? If one can convince enough people that one's time is an invaluable resource, then one has lots and lots of money. That's why one can spend time—only one can never get a refund.

Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face. Harry Dresden