Illusions Quote by Mark Twain

“Don’t part with your illusions,” said Mark Twain. “When they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live.”

— Gordon G. Chang

Illusions are like umbrellas - you no sooner get them than you lose them, and the loss always leaves a little painful wound.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The trouble with illusions is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken away from you.

— Mary Doria Russell

You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them.

— Marlene Dietrich

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.

— Paul Cezanne

Life is a process of losing our illusions, until we finally lose the illusion that we're alive.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

When you genuinely lose your illusions, you begin to marvel at things, because you don't have the answers any more.

— Sam Keen

Guess I thought you'd be here forever, another illusion I chose to create, you don't know what you've got till it's gone and I…

— Ana Chable

Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.

— William Faulkner

Illusions only control you when you think they are real.

— David Icke

Illusions are crucial to the maintenance of life functions.

— Sheila Ballantyne

If you are not careful you end up living the illusions that others have created for you.

— Steven Redhead