#illusion

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

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As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari. ↗

— John C. Hawkes

#dream #illusion #lime #right #twig

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

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My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business. ↗

— Harry Houdini

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The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#always #charmed #disillusioned #fathers #rebellious

Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea. ↗

— David Blaine

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Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality. ↗

— Herman Wouk

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Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death. ↗

— Alexander Chase

#air travel #between #death #exhilarating #fact

Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead. ↗

— David Copperfield

#dead #dreams #go #illusions #let go