#pretend

"I think sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we’re imagining it. Because it is the most painful kind of hope there is."

"You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do."

"It's easier to fake it. When you fake it for sixteen years, it becomes part of you, something you don't think about."

"Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be."

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."

"I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me."

"I don't pretend to know everything; I just only speak on matters I know I'll win."

"Don't. Don't let's pretend when there's no one around."

"If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be ..."

"The steady soul and the ego pretender / walk with their arms round each other's shoulders / through the mirage."