#illusion

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

— Herman Wouk

#bred #gap #illusion #reality #wish

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

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#disillusionment #having #illusion #moment #moments

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

— David Copperfield

#dead #dreams #go #illusions #let go

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. ↗

— Judy Garland

#born #cast #death #dreams #fed

Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. ↗

— Lewis H. Lapham

#business #illusion #innocence #must #other