118 Quotes About Pretense

People pretend to be other people because they have never thought of their true selves

There was always a screen behind which one could hide— a superior who in turn had his superior— orders, instructions, duties, commands— and finally the many-headed monster, morale, necessity, hard reality, responsibility, or whatever it was called— there was always a screen behind which to evade the simple law of humanity.

If a marriage is a loveless pretense, & kept only for social status, both will have to face a choice: Pretense or Sincerity. Love or Status. In Cosmic Law, Love is the most sacred force!

Not receiving a request through the expected route is no excuse for not fulfilling it.

After all, what was adult life but one moment of weakness piled on top of another? Most people just fell in line like obedient little children, doing exactly what society expected of them at any given moment, all the while pretending that they’d actually made some sort of choice.

There are two kinds of love: the love that is and the love that isn't.

It is better to lack the semblance of honor but possess it than to possess the semblance and lack the honor.

You cannot force someone to believe something they do not believe; you can only manage to force them to speak or act as if they do.

We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.