Illusion Quotes

1817 Illusion quotes by 1163 unique authors

Both the old and new physics were dealing with shadow-symbols, but the new physics was forced to be aware of that fact - forced to… — Ken Wilber
[Research] suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot,… — Malcolm Gladwell
I couldn't fault her for believing, because I had to imagine i was nice to have that illusion still intact. — David Levithan
Only later did I come to understand that to be a mother is to be an illusion. No matter how vigilant, in the end a… — Nicole Krauss
The rules of magic, my dear, are best not discusses. For once we understand the illusion, we no longer believe it. — Libba Bray
He looked at a world of incredible loveliness. Old distaff Celt's blood in some back chamber of his brain moved him to discourse with the… — Cormac McCarthy
The illusions it had woven for me had taken place only in my head. The battle had been invisible to the naked eye, but the… — Karen Marie Moning
I fell victim to the temptation of every autobiographer, to the illusion that since the past exists only in one's memories and the words which… — Salman Rushdie
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion — Voltaire
Criticism has plucked the imaginary flowers on the chain not in order that man shall continue to bear that chain without fantasy or consolation, but… — Karl Marx
In this world, perfection is an illusion. Reagrdless of all those who utter the contrary, this is the reality. Obviously mediocre fools will forever lust… — Tite Kubo
She passed these years in a distant corner of her mind. A dry, barren field, out beyond wish and lament, beyond dream and disillusionment. There,… — Khaled Hosseini
True Love. I’m starting to suspect the concept is pure illusion, an insipid brand name manufactured by Hallmark and Disney.” — Cupcake — Rachel Cohn
Dive deep into the ocean, Sita, and you will find that the greatest treasures you find are the illusions you leave behind. — Christopher Pike
I learned a lot that night. For example, that part of being the magician's assistant means coming face-to-face with illusion. That invisibility is really just… — Jodi Picoult
The Art Magicke has rules. It means I have to teach you all my tricks. All the substitutions, the replications, the illusions. How to read… — Catherine Fisher
The security light made me feel safe, though I knew that was an illusion. If there's light, you can just see what's coming for you… — Charlaine Harris
I think my quarry is illusion. I war against magic. I believe that, though illusion often cheers and comforts, it ultimately and invariably weakens and… — Irvin D. Yalom
I assure you, Constable Morgan, I am quite sane, as I understand the word, perhaps the sanest person in this room, for I suffer from… — Rick Yancey
Three weeks ago, he’d seen hail fall from the sky, only to be followed minutes later by a spectacular rainbow that seemed to frame the… — Nicholas Sparks
Romantic Love is only an Illusion. A story one makes up in One's Mind about Another Person. — Virginia Woolf
To believe that will has power over potentiality, that the passage to actuality is the result of a decision that puts an end to the… — Giorgio Agamben
There has always been, for me, this other world, this second world to fall back on--a more reliable world in so far as it does… — Graham Swift
And I didn't know I loved her till I'd dreamt of her. I didn't know it was the real thing until an illusion had signalled… — Graham Swift
The trick was looking past the illusion, because the exit was never as far away as it seemed. — Lauren DeStefano

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