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Illusion Quote by Jean Rhys

“One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things.” quote by Jean Rhys — Download Open image

“One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things.”

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She’ll have no lover, for I don’t want her and she’ll see no other.

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Everything tender and melancholy - as life is sometimes, just for one moment.

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“have spunks and do battle for yourself”

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Even mud gives the illusion of depth.

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Without illusions. I love you because you are fallible and because your poor misguided testosterone-corrupted brain has you doing cartwheels trying not to be.…

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We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion.

Maynard James Keenan

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Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings…

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