Illusion Quote by Jody Gehrman Download Open image ““Maybe illusion and artifice—lies, even—are a necessary part of romance.”” — Jody Gehrman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Artifice Lies Illusion Illusion Artifice Irony Lies Lies Necessary Love Maybe Illusion Necessary Romance Romance
“Indeed, there seems to be some evidence not only that all love is based on illusion — but that love positively requires illusion in… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
“There is no real pleasure in illusion & deception.The only match for the beautyful Fortune is the Truth.” — Julie Spring Copy Share Image
“Lie really could be construed as the art of illusion by some people.” — Heather Graham Copy Share Image
“Romance is a lie that gives people an excuse to act like fools and later blame it on the one whom they had bestowed… — Quinn Loftis Copy Share Image
“Even the illusion of love was preferable to the utter lack of it.” — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
“Deception was another phase of life, with betrayal at its heels; or sometimes, shining in its eyes.” — Michayla Roth Copy Share Image
“What you have told me is quite a romance, a romance of art one might call it, and the worst of having a romance… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Beauty lies in one’s heart and sex lies in one mind. It all depends on where your belief lies.” — Ravindra Shukla Copy Share Image
“No sentimentality, no romance, no false hope, no self-petting lies, merely that which is!” — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
“She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Love is illusory, Ancient One. I thought you would’ve learned that lesson by now.” “Perhaps for some, Madame, but I have touched the deepest… — Marguerite Labbe Copy Share Image
“Sure, okay, I'll pick up some cat litter. Anything else?" "Watch your back, G." Then she hung up. Hero paused in her sobbing to… — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, the gods have stopped saying yes and have started making really obnoxious farting noises. In my face. With their armpits.” — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I usually breathe. It comes sort of naturally to me. If I forget, asphyxiation’s a handy reminder.” — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
“Art boy is obviously intimidated. You're like the sun and he's squinting up at you, barely able to see because of your blinking radiance” — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
“Went home briefly to get my halter dress for Hero's party, and Mom was waiting for me at the kitchen table. Either she's psychic,… — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
“All of us have our wires crossed and crisscrossed so many times it's impossible to untangle the mess. It really does seem like the… — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
“These guys may not talk too much about relationships, but they sure do blush at telling moments, don’t they? Maybe that’s the key to… — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
“She has ESB,” I say. Chloe rolls her eyes. “ESP you mean?” “No, ESB. Extrasensory Bitchyness.” — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
“From what I've seen, a girl's got to behave like a mental midget before she'll get any action in this town. If resisting that… — Jody Gehrman Copy Share Image
A garden has a curious innocent way of consuming cash while all the time you are under the illusion that you are spending nothing. — Esther Meynell Copy Share Image
Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The fog of illusion, the fog of confusion is hanging all over the world. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Knowing does not always allow us to prevent, but at least the things that we know, we hold them, if not in our hands,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
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.… — Cindy Gerard Copy Share Image
Many of us rely on our own illusion of control. But when God makes it known to you that you're not the one steering… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
How could they say that they truly loved each other? They had simply grown up together, been children together, and the proximity of it,… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Fortunately, the mind is restless; when it uncovers a layer of its own deception, gives up an illusion, exposes a lie, it does not… — Kim Chernin Copy Share Image