“The causes of illusions are not pretty to discover. They're either vicious or tragic.”
“This is, I believe, what happens when people take their own lives. They're not killing themselves, they're killing the world. Either to spare it pain or to cause it some, depending.”
“Never underestimate the fury of an angry mother, Caspar. They're the most vicious creatures in the world.”
“If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.”
“Consciousness is either inexplicable illusion, or else revelation.”
“The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.”