#illusion

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion. ↗

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

#belief #illusion #illusions #itself

I related to his disillusionment. Thinking that he was going for this big dream. Then he kind of saw through it all at one point and went back home. Then he started a bender, which I can relate to of course. ↗

— Woody Harrelson

#big #course #disillusionment #dream #going

Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen. ↗

— Mitch Hedberg

#disillusion #go #here #i #i am

That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#found #gives #illusion #important #mile

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. ↗

— Robert Burton

#error #faith #feelings #great #great faith

if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones. ↗

— Norton Juster

#fantasy #fiction #humor #illusions #imaginary

Because there is a word for perfection, people will always imagine that they know it. ↗

— Idries Shah

#imagination #perfection #real-knowledge #imagination

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it ↗

— Daniel Kahneman

#life

Again I see you, But me I don't see!, The magical mirror in which I saw myself has been broken, And only a piece of me I see in each fatal fragment - Only a piece of you and me!... ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#life #poetry #life

In 2008, I was the woman who thought she had the world by the tail: the "perfect life." In 2010, I was the woman without hope who thought she had no life left to live. Which woman am I today? Neither. Both were illusions. ↗

— Julie-Anne

#hopelessness #illusions #perfect #life