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183 Pretended quotes by 161 unique authors

she held her breath, and in her head, counted seconds. She pretended that for each second she didn’t breathe, God would grant her another day — Khaled Hosseini
He saw merchants trading, princes hunting, mourners wailing for their dead, whores offering themselves, physicians trying to help the sick, priests determining the most suitable… — Hermann Hesse
Oh, he's on top of it. It was volunteer only, but he pretended not to notice me waving my hand in the air," says Haymitch.… — 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
I pretended not to understand. One of life's hardest jobs, to make a quick understanding slow. I think I succeeded, thought Herzog. — Saul Bellow
The real unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death wholesale, by the shipload, without lust, without anger,… — Lois McMaster Bujold
He joked while Dali cut him, mangling the words with his monstrous jaws, snarled with a pretended rage and dramatically promised to "kirrrl youraaalll for… — Ilona Andrews
I liked looking on at other people in crucial situations. If there was a road accident or a street fight or a baby pickled in… — Sylvia Plath
Sometimes just to paint a head you have to give up the whole figure. To paint a leaf, you have to sacrifice the whole landscape.… — Nicole Krauss
,the rest of the girls pretended not to notice. That's just what best friends do. — Sara Shepard
I went to the guest room and pretended to write. I hit the space bar again and again and again. My life story was spaces. — Jonathan Safran Foer
New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly. — Jeannette Walls
He was the most perfectly formed man she'd ever imagined. He was movie stars, men in underwear commercials, guys at the gym, the construction worker… — Jude Deveraux
The only person I knew how to be with now was myself - but I wasn´t really anyone, and I wasn´t really alive. I was… — Paul Auster
Once we're able to see this world as an illusion and a phantasm, then we can see everything that happens to us as a dream,… — Fernando Pessoa
We've pretended too much in our family, Luke, and hidden far too much. I think we're all going to pay a high price for our… — Pat Conroy
A girl half my age swept by and slammed two giant tankard filled with beer on the table. Ragnvald held his up. I smashed my… — Ilona Andrews
We didn’t deny the obvious, but we didn’t entirely accept it either. I mean, we said hello to it each morning in the foyer. We… — Jeffrey McDaniel
Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real? I remember at the time of the wreck-- people… — Walker Percy
The duke sounded like he was trying to convince himself. “Have you ever done this before?” “Set up someone by pretending to be someone else?… — Brent Weeks
Where are you going?" I asked, feeling guilty for not being able to hang out with him. "To find a faerie to kill me, of… — Kiersten White
It may...be judged indecent in me to come forward on this occasion; but when I see a fellow-creature about to perish through the cowardice of… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I’m not a romantic, I’m a half-wit. Only stupid people would think I’m smart. I’m not something anyone should know. I’m a lunatic wandering around… — Daniel Handler
But witchy magic doesn’t listen to please and pretty please, and anyway, I didn’t really care. I only pretended to care because not caring makes… — Franny Billingsley
Oh yeah? What did you have last night?" "Turkey sandwich on wheat. With a pickle." "And the night before?" "Turkey sandwich on wheat. No pickle."… — Nicholas Sparks

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