Pretend Quotes

“Human beings are, necessarily, actors who cannot become something before they have first pretended to be it; and they can be divided, not into the hypocritical and the sincere, but into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.”
― W.H Auden

“Children lose interest in their parents when they are left. They are not sentimental. They are passionate and cold. [...] They learn to pretend. And pretense becomes the most active, the realest part, alluring as dreams. It takes place of what we think is real. - pg. 11-12”
― Fleur Jaeggy, S. S. Proleterka

“We can pretend that we’re living life. But we will never be able to pretend that the outcome of such pretending will be anything less than the death of our pretending.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“One of the greatest tricks in concealing our cowardice is to run ‘from’ something in a manner that makes it appear as if we are actually running ‘to’ something. But the real trick is in remembering which one we’re actually doing.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Will you tell me about the constellations?' I asked him.

'I thought you didn't like me,' he said.

'I can pretend,' I told him. 'For one night.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“You can learn a lot about yourself when you pretend to be someone else.”
― Derek Delgaudio, AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies

“What if,' he says, mischief in his eyes, 'in the interest of saving time, we pretend that we've played twice more and I won once, so you owe me a dance. But you won the second time, so if you have anything else to ask me, you may.'

They are teasing words, and I am suddenly in a teasing mood.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“The problem with pretending is that eventually you have to stop. It never, ever, ever lasts long enough.”
― Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe

“I have dreamed something entirely pretend with my eyes wide open. The sweet wonder of it makes me smile. I believe in the emotions implanted by dreams, for they are not pretend, and they will never cease to bloom.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“And that was my first clue that Dennis was of superior mental health. He had no reason to try and mask his awkwardness with a stoic face, no need to pretend to be blasé.”
― Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking: True Stories

“There are not nearly as many facts as there are opinions about the facts.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It was not really Saturday night, at least it may have been, for they had long lost count of the days; but always if they wanted to do anything special they said this was Saturday night, and then they did it.
"Of course it is Saturday night, Peter," Wendy said, relenting.
"People of our figure, Wendy."
"But it is only among our own progeny."
"True, true.”
― J.M. Barrie, The Annotated Peter Pan (The Centennial Edition)

“Home
has always been
whichever place
I do the least
pretending”
― Morgan Nikola-Wren, Poems from the Attic

“Maybe it'd be easier to pretend that nothing had happened.

The alternative might be more than I could endure.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Sometimes I think people only pretend to like eachother”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

“A non-disabled person who pretends to be one, only to rely on begging, has unwittingly allowed poverty to monopolise his destiny.”
― Godwin Elijah

“If you couldn’t see the names, Pick thought, you could almost pretend that all of this was here for some other reason— any other reason. Someone dropping down from another planet, for instance. Give them a thousand guesses what’s under those markers, and boxes full of bones would never cross their minds.”
― Jeff Arch, Attachments

“A non-disabled person who pretends to be one, only to rely on begging, has unwittingly allowed poverty to monopolise his destiny.”
― Elijah Onyemmeri

“Don’t pretend to be right, because if you are right there’s no need to pretend.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I don’t pretend to know exactly why I’m here, other than I’m not here to pretend that there’s not a really good reason for why I’m here.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Tonight, can we just pretend you want me too?”
― N'Zuri Za Austin, Fragments of a Reflection: Short Stories & Poetry

“If I pretend to do great things, the only thing that I’ve done greatly is to pretend.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Instead of calling plastic décor fake-- or it's fancy sister, faux-- I refer to it as pretend. It's pretend because using it and believing it's real is a workout for the imagination. We all know there's no way those tulips could survive the night in the wreath on the front door, so we are all silently agreeing to pretend together.”
― Myquillyn Smith, Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round

“I love you too much to let you pretend that you’re something you’re not. And while there might be a lot of pretending going on in your head, there’s no pretending going on in my heart.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“To ‘pretend’ to live life is to pretend that pretending is acceptable when in reality it is ignorance of the greatest sort and thievery of the more horrific kind.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“There are people who openly love me;
The ones who just love me;
The ones who pretend they don't love me;
And there are also those who love me,
but they still haven't figured it out.”
― Augusto Branco

“I frequently prefer to ‘pretend’ to live for that allows me to completely avoid the cost I am certain to incur in actually living. However, it also robs me of the rewards. With that being the case, I might be wise to ask where the real cost actually lays?”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I am tired of pretending to be chill, I am insane.”
― random person on google

“I'm force-feeding the holiday spirit. And I'm ready to play the game. To act, to pretend, to fuck under the mistletoe.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“There is one more thing I need. Something that I've needed for days. Weeks. Months. Maybe forever.' The bridge of his nose brushed mine. 'But I know you won't allow it. Not like this.'

The pounding in my chest moved lower. 'What... what have you needed for so long?'

'You.'

I shuddered.

'So, maybe, just for a few minutes, when no one is looking- when there's no one but us- we can pretend.'

Leaning into the cupboard, I felt dizzy, as if I weren't getting enough air into my lungs. 'Pretend?'

'We pretend that there's no yesterday. No tomorrow. It's just us, right now, and I can be Hawke,' he said in the heated space between us. I shook once more. He touched my cheek, sending a bolt of awareness through me. His fingers drifted over my chin, my lower lip. 'You can just be Poppy, and we can simply share a kiss.'

'A kiss?'

He nodded. 'Just pretend.' His lips now a whisper against my cheek. 'Just a kiss.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire