Quotes About Illusion

S?cak yaz günlerimi üst üste s?ralanm?? dallar?nda rüzgar?n ninnisini dinleyerek geçirdiÄŸim iki ulu köknar?n ortadan yok oluÅŸu dikkatimi çekiyor. Onlar da ha! Oysa ben onlar? kal?c?, y?k?lmaz san?rd?m.- O, ErmiÅŸler Bayram? Mantar?.

Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.

The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.

We know that under the image revealed there is another which is truer to reality and under this image still another and yet again still another under this last one, right down to the true image of that reality, absolute, mysterious, which no one will ever see or perhaps right down to the decomposition of any image, of any reality.

It doesn't seem real," said Linda. "None of this. It's like we're all dreaming or something. Or maybe we really are dead." "Nah," said Patsy, fluffing her bleach-blond curls. "If this was heaven there'd be more naked men.

Perception can make reality

Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.

A lie, when believed, became the truth.

This is how memories are; what seems so clear and unforgettable at one moment vanishes like steam the next.

And yet I think I now understand the impulse which drives men to shoot bears. It isn't for the pelt or the meat or the sport - or not only those things. I think they need to do it. They need to kill that great Arctic totem to give them some sense of control over the wilderness - even if that is only an illusion.

It melted into the shadows. It had left no tracks; only a branch,

None of it's real. - Pirra

But the thing to remember, Jack, is that it's only an echo. It's like a footprint or a shadow. It can't hurt you. All it can do is frighten.

The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath

Philosophize means 'feel-loss-of-eyes' because with open eyes you see only illusions and when you shut them and internalize, you understand the truth, the whole picture and the philosophy of all. Withdraw all your senses and internalize, let there be inner wakefulness, and MickeyMize.

reality is never as perfect as fantasy.

Serial killers generally present themselves as normal people to the rest of the community. They go to church, they take their children to school, visit restaurants and buy groceries just like everyone else. They are someone's son, someone's brother, someone's neighbour. I sometimes think of them as nice people who have this nasty habit of killing others.

If it came true, it wasn't much of a dream.

People are like birds: on the wing, all beautiful; up close, all beady little eyes.

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

Soy la vida, la Manzana-Rosa del Ave del Paraíso; soy la mentira de todas las cosas reales, la realidad de todas las ficciones!

La imagen de la Virgen se borró en la sombra y por el suelo rodaron dos cuerpos hechos una trenza de ajos.

All is not gold that glitters.

Building castles in the air, and making yourself a laughing-stock.