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		We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion. Many refuse to admit it: I feel a mystery exists. There are certain times, when, as on the whisper of the wind, there comes a clear and quiet realization that there is indeed a presence in the world, a nonhuman entity that is not necessarily inhuman.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ansel Adams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I've never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Victoria Beckham 
			 
			
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		Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Cal Ripken, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I propose to build for eternity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Filippo Brunelleschi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The glorified will not be pilgrims, transient visitors, or tenants at will, but settled, permanent, walled, established by title, through eternity by warrantee deed, signed, sealed, recorded, possession given. No renters, no lessees of Heaven, but all property and home owners. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edward McKendree Bounds 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No matter what is happening in the world of appearances, beyond the veil of illusion there is love and only Love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marianne Williamson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Christoph Martin Wieland 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		However much you feed a wolf, it always looks to the forest. We are all wolves of the dense forest of Eternity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marina Tsvetaeva 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nostalgia is the aching realization that you can't go back again. The longing, no matter how intense, can never be met. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				R. C. Sproul, Jr.