Pretend Quotes

1734 Pretend quotes by 1217 unique authors

When I run, I always pretend I am running toward Nikki, and it makes me feel like I am decreasing the amount of time I… — Matthew Quick
You're just trying on different identities, like everyone in those Shakespeare plays. And the people we pretend at, they're already in us. That's why we… — Gayle Forman
It’s like, everything really is two ways, the way we all pretend it is and the way it really is — Jeff Lindsay
Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it. — Catherynne M. Valente
Once a man has seen society's black underbelly, he can never turn his back on it. Never pretend, like you do, that it doesn't exist. — Alan Moore
Little girls are like old cats. If they don't like you nothing on Earth will make them pretend to. — David Mitchell
I could pretend, at least, and if I pretended long enough, maybe I could make it into a reality. — Maureen Johnson
What had been became what was and a story only works when you know the ending. When the people in it don’t seem like pretend.… — Elizabeth Scott
I have no idea what you just said, child,' Breeze said. 'So I'm simply going to pretend it was coherent, then move on. — Brandon Sanderson
Let's pretend for just one moment that could actually happen. You close your eyes and I'll close mine and let's dream the same dream across… — Annabel Pitcher
Up until that moment, I'd been at the earliest stage of love, when you feel it will turn you into the better person you want… — Melissa Bank
If you live with unhealthy people, to be healthy is dangerous. If you live with insane people, then to be sane is dangerous. If you… — Rajneesh
Here's what I suggest," he said. "You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too. — Terry Pratchett
Tell me, if you thought a man had a tendresse for you, but he wasn't doing anything about it. And you wanted to hurry him… — Ahdaf Soueif
No one is who they pretend to be — Gayle Forman
You may be right. I think it was round about Christmas when I got my Welsh dragon tattoo.” At that, Tessa had to try very… — Cassandra Clare
Just that sometimes we let other people treat us wrongly because we want to be loved and accepted so badly that we'd do anything for… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are. — Walter Isaacson
For heaven’s sake, if you don’t know someone’s name, just pretend you do. Do that thing everyone else does, where you vaguely say, “Nice to… — Mindy Kaling
I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skilfully and fairly as I can. If I… — Jean Webster
I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life and there has never been a time when reading was… — Diane Setterfield
Reader: Dear Mr. Snicket, What is the best way to keep a secret? Lemony Snicket : Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you… — Daniel Handler
But mostly I remember every morning before school. How she'd say "Hey, honey!" just I was walking out the apartment door. And me stopping and… — Matt de la Pena
Sometimes when you cannot decide what to do, you pretend to be a character in a book, because it is easier to decide what they… — Cassandra Clare
We believe what we want to, what we need to. The corollary is that we choose not to see what we'd rather pretend doesn't exist. — Jodi Picoult

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