#illusions

I just want to kiss you." He slid his hand up her neck, cupping the side of her face. "Do you want to kiss me? ↗

— Aprilynne Pike

#illusion

Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning. ↗

— Giotto di Bondone

#echoes #illusions #rome #yearning

I'm an idealist without illusions. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#idealist #illusions #without

I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions. ↗

— David Copperfield

#each #fortunate #i #i am #illusions

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and I'm not under any illusions that it's a crime-free nirvana. I'm well aware it has plenty of problems, though they seem to be associated with particular areas. ↗

— Gary Numan

#areas #associated #aware #i #illusions

Official truths are often powerful illusions. ↗

— John Pilger

#official #often #powerful #truths

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#against #allow #because #bit #commend

As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#about #against #any #areas #being

Friendship has its illusions no less than love. ↗

— Stendhal

#illusions #less #love #than

The Art Magicke has rules. It means I have to teach you all my tricks. All the substitutions, the replications, the illusions. How to read minds and palms and leaves. How to disappear and reappear. "How to saw people in half?" "That too." "Nice. ↗

— Catherine Fisher

#keiro #magic #sapphique #the-dark-enchanter #art