54 Quotes About Faking-it

. . . all the little bistros and cafes and shops I'd frequented when I was out there, pretending to live a life.

You shattered the remainder of my heart, yet you expect me to be okay with it day after day.

Fakery is a vital currency in our social intercourse. That’s not necessarily all bad. A lot of the time we pretend as a way of fortifying or easing connections. When we feign recognition, for example, or delight in seeing someone, or gladness to go out of our way, these are acts of goodwill. At best, pretense can be a form of kindness.

Things I need: The Californian sunshine. A more convincing smile.

Being a functional member of society is overrated. It’s also surprisingly easy to fake.

She was the quintessential twenty-first-century woman: She could build a high-rise in a Chanel suit and Jimmy Choos, give lessons in multitasking, and freeze the heart of the coldest competitor with a single unblinking gaze over the rim of her ebony-framed reading glasses. But that persona was like a bodysuit that she pulled on at eight in the morning and peeled out of at five in the afternoon.

Her eyes were a bottomless ocean that I would give up air to explore.

Apparently having emotions equated to having a vagina.

He’d read in a textbook once a quote by the famous Captain Reynolds: I am not a brave man. But bravery, like most things, can be faked. And sometimes, in rare instances, it will lead to the real thing.