“The death of an illusion tends to disconcert.”
“Memory is an illusion, nothing more. It is a fire that needs constant tending.”
“Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion. ”
“Truth is so often disconcerting.”
“adulthood is depressing. for me at least. i cried at the death of every illusion harder than i cried at the death of friends.”
“One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.”