Pretend Quotes

1734 Pretend quotes by 1217 unique authors

Part of Clary wanted to lean sideways and put her head on her mother’s shoulder. She could even close her eyes, pretend everything was all… — Cassandra Clare
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the… — Theodore Parker
I want to pretend there's such a thing as requited love. As the endurance of love. — Lorrie Moore
You can mean more than one. You can mean thousands. I'm not in any immediate danger, I'll say to you. I'll pretend you can hear… — Margaret Atwood
It was tough attempting to be social with people who'd rather pretend you didn't exist. — Heather Brewer
I don't understand what's going on, but i'll just pretend that I do. — Masashi Kishimoto
I’ve always thought you are what you are and you shouldn’t pretend to be anyone else. But Oliver used to correct me and explain that… — Julian Barnes
I might appear confident and chatty, but I spend most of my time laughing at jokes I don't find funny, saying things I don't really… — Tabitha Suzuma
At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is… — Brennan Manning
The diseased, anyway, are more interesting than the healthy. The words of the diseased, even those who can manage only a murmur, carry more weight… — Roberto Bolano
All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or an eternal survival… — H P Lovecraft
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain… — George Bernard Shaw
Every ending is arbitrary, because the end is where you write The end. A period, a dot of punctuation, a point of stasis. A pinprick… — Margaret Atwood
That seems like stealing, doesn't it?" Simon pulled a cup toward him. He drew the lid back. "Ooh. Mochaccino." He looked at Magnus. "Did you… — Cassandra Clare
If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options. You can climb it and cross to the other side. You can go around… — Vera Nazarian
By the time I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone. . . But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered… — John Mayer
Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what… — Cassandra Clare
They're betting on how long I'll live!" I burst out. "They're not my friends!" "Well, try and pretend!" snaps Effie. Then she composes herself and… — Suzanne Collins
I laughed, loud enough that Delia looked up at me. She made motions for me to come over, but I pretended to be looking past… — Maggie Stiefvater
Sometimes we just walk into something that is not for us at all. We pretend it is. We think we can shrug it off like… — Colum McCann
If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish… — Stephen Colbert
Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't--and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we… — Rebecca Solnit
I dare say it is rather hard to be a rat,” she mused. “Nobody likes you. People jump and run away and scream out: ‘Oh,… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Slender Youth. A tour companion who may be either a lost prince or a girl/princess in disguise. In the latter case it is tactful to… — Diana Wynne Jones
I wonder whether there is such a thing as a sense of individuality. Is it all a facade, covering a deep need to belong? Are… — Rabih Alameddine

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