"The illusion was gone," he says.
Then she stepped off pointe, and the illusion was gone.
The illusions are gone".Mr Putin still appears wedded to a strategy he conceived in 2000: threatening a limited nuclear strike to force an opponent (ie, America and its NATO allies) to withdraw from a conflict in which Russia has an important stake, such as in Georgia or Ukraine.
We may still long for the "good old days" where at least we still had our illusions of certainty, but today, even the illusions are gone.
People around the world are removing the veils at lightning speed -- illusions be gone -- its about time, don't you think?
Lillian is under no illusion that anti-Semitism is gone from Germany, or any other country.
When the absurd illusion of a "better economy" is gone, lawmakers and CEOs may be forced to stop believing in the myth of a good economy and actually start working to create the reality of it.
I have no illusion that Texas is going to restrict gun ownership anytime soon.
"I can't let go of hope, of the illusion that something is going to come out of this romance.
