#illu

I looked across the river to Manhattan. It was a great view. When Sadie and I had first arrived at Brooklyn House, Amos had told us that magicians tried to stay out of Manhattan. He said Manhattan had other problems--whatever that meant. And sometimes when I looked across the water, I could swear I was seeing things. Sadie laughed about it, but once I thought I saw a flying horse. Probably just the mansion's magic barriers causing optical illusions, but still, it was weird. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#kane-chronicles #illusion

All I'm saying is that you shouldn't stay with him for the wrong reasons, even if they are noble ones. No one owes it to someone else to be their girlfriend. It's a choice you remake every day. ↗

— Aprilynne Pike

#commitment #girlfriend #illusion

Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#illusion #mindfulness #reality #thinking #thoughts

Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist. ↗

— George Carlin

#disillusionment #idealism #disappointment

Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers." (Il ne faut pas toucher aux idoles: la dorure en reste aux mains.) ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#disillusionment #gilding #idols #touch #disappointment

I'm too old to know everything ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#humour #youthful-arrogance #arrogance

It should not be possible for Christians to be disillusioned. We should have no illusions in the first place. Our faith is in Jesus Christ alone. ↗

— Gene Edward Veith Jr.

#disillusionment #faith

To understand yourself: Is that a discovery or a creation? ↗

— Pascal Mercier

#honesty #illusions #perception #personality #self-awareness

All my joys resemble more a momentary intoxication than the real gold of happiness. It was all but an illusion. ↗

— Richard von Krafft-Ebing

#depair #depression #happiness #illusion #joy

Free zero-point energy doesn't exist in an illusion of freedom. ↗

— Toba Beta

#nothing-for-free #zero-point-energy #freedom