“There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.”

— Rebecca West

The Harsh Voice: Four Short Novels (1935)

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British feminist and author 1892–1983

Adam Hanieh (1972) British political scientist

As we have repeatedly seen over the last decade, capital frequently seizes moments of crisis as a moment of opportunity — a chance to implement radical change that was previously blocked or appeared impossible.
This is a Global Pandemic – Let’s Treat it as Such, 27 March 2020

“NETWORK — Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.”

Samuel Johnson book A Dictionary of the English Language

A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)

“Love is a simple thing and a deep thing: it is an act of life and not an illusion. Art is an illusion.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

Acis, in Pt. V
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)

“One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things.”

Jean Rhys (1890–1979) novelist from Dominica

Source: Quartet

“All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions.”

Haile Selassie (1892–1975) Emperor of Ethiopia

Interview with Oriana Fallaci in The Chicago Tribune (24 June 1973).
Context: Democracy, republics: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions. Besides, one should consider the interest of a nation before subverting it with words. Democracy is necessary in some cases and We believe some African peoples might adopt it. But in other cases it is harmful, a mistake.