Pretend Quotes

1734 Pretend quotes by 1217 unique authors

We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world. We've come to the point where… — Madeleine L'Engle
If hatred strikes you, if you get accused, thrown to the lions, you can expect one of two reactions from people who know you: some… — Milan Kundera
There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are. — Brennan Manning
it's no use trying to pretend that mostpeople and ourselves are alike. Mostpeople have less in common with ourselves than thesquarerootofminusone. You and I are… — E E Cummings
Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics.… — Stephen Colbert
If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's… — Dorothy Parker
What are you doing?" "Ya!" said Jane, whirling around, her hands held up menacingly. It was Mr. Nobley with coat, hat, and cane, watching her… — Shannon Hale
When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it… — Daniel Handler
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are. — Muhammad Ali
To present a whole world that doesn’t exist and make it seem real, we have to more or less pretend we’re polymaths. That’s just the… — William Gibson
I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from… — Neil Gaiman
You couldn't pretend you had lost nothing... you had to begin there, not let your blood freeze over. If your heart turned away at this,… — Lorrie Moore
St Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry. She… — Jeanette Winterson
The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one. — Margaret Atwood
In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend I’m a figure in a daytime drama, a schemer. Soap opera characters… — David Sedaris
Then I felt too that I might take this opportunity to tie up a few loose ends, only of course loose ends can never be… — Iris Murdoch
My god-life! who can understand eve one little minute of it? 'don't try' he said 'just pretend you understand. — Kurt Vonnegut
But if the gods do not exist at all - then we are lost,' I said. On the contrary - we are found!' said Aesop.… — Erica Jong
Hallo, Rabbit,” he said, “is that you?” "Let’s pretend it isn’t,” said Rabbit, “and see what happens. — A A Milne
Oh,' she said, too bone-weary to pretend: 'I would far rather that I love you as I saw yesterday I do than that I had… — Robin McKinley
Power feminism is just another scam in which women get to play patriarchs and pretend that the power we seek and gain liberates us. — Bell Hooks
When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished. — James Patterson
We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the… — Carl Jung
They wouldn’t have believed me, and if they had they would have wanted me to explain. And I had no explanation, no answers. When you’re… — Jennifer Weiner
Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is,… — Carl Sagan

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