“Sometimes, one wants to have the illusion that one is making ones own life, out of ones own resources.” — Zadie Smith, NW
Tag: illusion
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“For was not the arbitrary distinction between illusion and reality the ultimate illusion itself?” — Norman Spinrad, The Void Captain’s Tale
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“The world is an illusion, but it is an illusion which we must take seriously, because it is real as far as it goes.” — Aldous Huxley, Complete Essays, Volume 6
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“Life and the world are merely the dance of illusion.” — Joy Williams, The Yard Boy, The Paris Review, Winter 1977
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“Art is not imitation but illusion.” — Charles Reade, Christie Johnstone
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“Did I choose this life of illusion? Don’t be mad. My bed was made, I just lied in it.” — Tim O’Brien, In the Lake of The Woods
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“Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., “The Path of Law” 10 Harvard Law Review 457 (1897)
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“Any government which made the welfare of men depend on the character of their governors was an illusion.” — Daniel J. Boorstin, The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson
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“We live and die and anything else is just delusion.” — Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
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