229 Quotes About Pretend

On top of the abuse and neglect, denial heaps more hurt upon the child by requiring the child to alienate herself from reality and her own experience. In troubled families, abuse and neglect are permitted; it's the talking about them that is forbidden.

The smiles of the unhappiest are often the widest.

You can only do so much pretending before you become the thing you're pretending to be.

Everyone is watching you. If you don’t believe it, just pretend to fail and you’ll see many mockers. For this reason, work hard as if you are doing everyone’s business!

Who we are usually depends on who is—or who we think is—looking at us.

Pretending is the outcome of desperately wanting to achieve something, but forfeiting it to the whimsy of imagination because we lack the faith to believe that we could achieve it. And if we actually started to pretend that we could achieve it, in time maybe we wouldn’t have to pretend anymore.

Even suicidal people can smile.

how sadthat we pretendwe are happy

I'll tell you a secret about being happy. Sometimes you just have to pretend at it until it become real.