Painterly broken glass sphere and pale smoke suspended above an empty wooden chair.

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Mark Twain

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Twain warns against ever giving up your illusions. Without them, he says, you might keep existing but you stop truly living. It's a plea to guard the hopes and dreams that give days their spark.

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