Quotes about Disillusion

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Words drop from my lips spiraling downward; they land scattered on your ears. I spoke them green and golden, but you tur — Patricia Robin Woodruff
It was days like this when I felt it more than ever: I wasn’t a real human. — Melanie Cusick-Jones, The Rainbow Maker's Tale
...all my life I prayed to a star – Later discovered it was Venus – I was praying to Aphrodite and wondering why she was — John Geddes, A Familiar Rain
Never shy away from opportunity and wholehearted living. Never be fearful of putting yourself out there. The courageous — Anthon St. Maarten
If a man says to you, "This is the truth," and you believe him, and you discover what he says is not the truth, you are — Harper Lee
All my life I have been the sort of person in whom people confide. And all my life I have been flattered by this role - — Zoë Heller, What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
Love may precede respect but it cannot survive the loss of it. — Joe L. Wheeler
Sadness at that age had the pleasing texture of imprisonment: you reared and sulked against the bonds of parents and sch — Emma Cline, The Girls
Regret comes in four tones that operate in unison to shape our lives. First, we regret the life that we lived, the decis — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
The moment I entered the bright, buzzing lobby of Men’s House I was overcome by a sense of alienation and hostility … Th — Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
Captain Harcourt-Bruce was not only dashing, handsome, and brave, he was also rather romantic. The reappearance of magic — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
You will never win anyone through pity. You must create the right kind of dream, the sober, adult kind of magic: illusio — Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Stupid girl. You will never win anyone through pity. You must create the right kind of dream, the sober, adult kind of m — Sylvia Plath
You must create the right kind of dream, the sober, adult kind of magic: illusion born from disillusion. — Sylvia Plath
Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one. — Marilyn Monroe
But like a boat with a twisted rudder, I kept coming back to the same place. I wasn't going anywhere. I was myself, wait — Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
If my twelve-year-old self, of whom I had grown rather fond, thinking about him, were to reproach me: 'Why have you grow — L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between
On the third day Vera said:'I love your body because it is beautiful. But I do not know your soul. I do not know whether — Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal, The Silver Age of Russian Culture: An Anthology
Sex, once a law as undisputed as gravity, has been disproved. The equation is erased, the blackboard broken — Isaac Marion
Just realize that the Mechanics do not exist and are not worthy of your attention. Unless they threaten you, and then yo — Jack Campbell, The Dragons of Dorcastle