False-self Quote by Wendy Hoffman

“We are all wearing masks. That is what makes us interesting. These are stories about those masks, and the people we are underneath them.”

— Neil Gaiman

“I realize with sudden clarity that we're wearing masks, all of us, all the time. We're presenting a face, a version of ourselves, to…

— S.J. Watson

“Countless human beings wear masks which they hope will cover up what they dislike about themselves.”

— Eugene Kennedy

“All masks are the product of pretending something in our lives is true, even if experience denies it.”

— John S. Lynch

“We wear masks to give others a reality that they can accept.”

— Isaac Pudas

“I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know…

— R. J. Palacio

“A mask is not to disguise who you are but to show who you really are.”

— Chloe Thurlow

“A mask does not hide who you are, it shows exactly what you want others to see.”

— Jarius Raphel

“She had become an expert at wearing masks, so much so that sometimes it was difficult to find her true self beneath the layers:”

— Elizabeth Chadwick

“Odd how automatic masks are, even with those who’ve seen beneath them.”

— Ruthanna Emrys

“Those masks we wear not to shield others; but ourselves from who we are.”

— Basith

“I have to wonder if he has masks he wears, too. Maybe we all do.”

— Victoria Schwab