Illusions

Famous quotes containing the word illusions:

“Swann was one of those men who, having long lived in the illusions of love, saw the well-being that they gave to many women heighten their happiness without evoking in these women any gratitude, any tenderness toward them; but in their child these men believe they feel an affection which, embodied in their very name, will make them outlast their death. When there was to no longer be a Charles Swann, there would still be a Mademoiselle Swann ... who would continue to love her departed father.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

“Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.”
—Joseph Roux (1834–1886)

“A neurotic can neither enjoy his illusions nor give them up.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)