Quote by Herman Koch

“Pretend you’re in the Met. You don’t catch them thinking”

— Christopher Fowler

“...it really struck me that, just as people might look at me and never imagine I'd worked as a prostitute, they must look at…

— Sophie Hayes

“I liked to walk up Fifth Avenue and pick out romantic women from the crowd and imagine that in a few minutes I was…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Is there anything more embarrassing than being caught imitating someone you really admire, by someone who knows you really well? Apart from being caught…

— Scarlett Thomas

“One can be interested in both fashion and politics, don't you think? They so often go hand in hand. Appearances, saying the right words,…

— Rhiannon Thomas

“It is such a heady rush to be the object of someone’s attention in a good way, not as a freak, that I keep…

— Jodi Picoult

“The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path that was visible when they were on it. Anderson Cooper”

— Katherine Schwarzenegger

“I have an idea of who I wish I were, and that obscures my understanding of who I actually am. Sometimes I pretend even…

— Gretchen Rubin

“I realized that for the time being I could not trust myself to present a coherent face to the world.”

— Joan Didion

“Besides, everyone knows politicians are the most trusted people on the planet—how could they possibly hide anything, being in constant contact with so many…

— Susan Kaye Quinn

“Why must we all conceal What we think, how we feel? Must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide? I won't pretend…

— Christina Aguilera

“That day, I started taking an interest in the bar's television. We always kept it on. As the hours slid by in a cacophony…

— Jonathan Gash