It was a powerful and necessary illusion for a girl in my position, I guess.

It might not be true but these are necessary illusions.

In the democratic system, the necessary illusions cannot be imposed by force.

And the necessary illusions about the diplomatic history remain firmly in place.

Resolutions are perhaps lies, but they're lies of good faith, necessary illusions.

They might not be true, but they were necessary illusions.

And there was the gap between the daily necessary illusion of safety and the truth: that sweet life can turn sour in a second.

Because of this, ethnocentrism is a necessary optical illusion, which in turn racist discourse uses to justify itself.

Especially now, it was a necessary illusion.

The idea of perfection - call it an illusion if you will, but a necessary illusion - drives the poem from beginning to end.