186 Quotes About Pretending

Well, it would have been easier if it were put on. But the only ruse of which I'm guilty is to have pretended for so long before coming to you that nothing was wrong. Pretending that the personalities did not exist has now caused me to lose about two days.

Or you could simply throw down a few inches of compost and fake it. That's what we do, isn't it? Do the best with what we have? It's not lying, dear. Don't look at it that way. It's hopeful pretending. Consider it your patriotic duty.

We hardly ever talk about trauma afterwards, because it helps to live in a world where we can pretend it never happened.

Many pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.

I remember the first time I realized I could make myself see something that wasn't there. I was ten years old, walking home from school. Some boys from my class ran by shouting and laughing. I wanted to be like them. And yet. I didn't know how. I'd always felt different from the others, and the difference hurt. And then I turned the corner and saw it. A huge elephant, standing alone in the square. I knew I was imagining it. And yet. I wanted to believe.So I tried.And I found I could.

I don't believe I could live at times if I didn't pretend things.

The only thing breaking me was pretending to be like everyone else.

If you act as if nothing has happened, and if nothing more comes of it, you will indeed find that nothing has happened after all.

I seemed doomed to always play supporting roles in someone else’s story. Far too many times I had asked myself whether art was imitating life or if it was the other way around.