Quote by Margaret Atwood

“I need to see you, hear you, and feel you, so I know this is real, and I don’t have to pretend anymore.”

— Alison G. Bailey

“So you're all alone. And, for a short while, at least until it sinks in, you can fake anything.”

— Vikki Wakefield

“Sometimes, I think I have made you up just to torture myself—and there are other times that I know you must be real because…

— Amy A. Bartol

“Being here with you, smiling and laughing, it’s the first time I’ve done that since you left that it wasn’t fake. I need you…

— Alison G. Bailey

“I'll pretend, I tell myself. Pretending is safer than believing.”

— Sarah Miller

“You don't look fake when you unconsciously pretend.”

— Toba Beta

“This can't be real. It can't be. It's a nightmare. I'll wake up and find it's all been a nightmare. I mustn't think of…

— Margaret Mitchell

“The body whispers before it screams — listen early, and you’ll live fully.”

— Linsey Mills

“Somehow I have been stunned. Stand back! Give me a little time beyond my cuffed head and slumbers and dreams and gaping, I discover…

— Walt Whitman

“Even if you can't feel it in your heart, you can surely pretend.”

— Charlotte Rogan

“You have to be careful how you fake it, though, because things like that can stick and before you know it you become what…

— Jillian Lauren

“Rather than admitting you don't know what to do next, you fake it in public and feel lost when you're alone.”

— Emily P. Freeman