The possibility of truth has become a delusion to those who made their own disguise the truth.

Nema AlAraby
About This Quote

In the early 90s David Bowie said, “The possibility of truth has become a delusion to those who made their own disguise the truth.” This quote talks about people who pretend to be something they are not in order to be accepted by others. He also recognized that this was a danger because people cannot tell what a person is really like just by looking at them.

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