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Quotes About Pretend

No matter what has happened, always behave as if nothing had happened.
~ Arnold Bennett
You can pretend to be serious, but you can't pretend to be witty.
~ Sacha Guitry
Change is the only constant, and to turn one's back and pretend that it is not coming is an exercise in futility.
~ Anthony Carmona
My twenties were painful. You had to go out to nightclubs. I love not having to pretend to enjoy those things anymore.
~ Claudia Winkleman
Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.
~ Veronica Roth
The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences.
~ Johann Lamont
I was Little Miss Perfect. That's where all the secrets come in, because you know damn well you are not perfect, but you think your parents want you to be. And so you pretend.
~ Judy Blume
I'm a baseball fan, but I'm not qualified to make baseball decisions, and I don't want to pretend to be.
~ Mark Walter
I will pretend I do not have those feelings and eventually they will die from neglect.
~ Susan Juby
It is much harder to pretend than it is to simply be who you already are.
~ Susan Meissner
This is a book. Only make-believe. Remember?
~ Susan Wise Bauer
What are you doing?" I whispered. Even though I knew. It was as if I had to pretend that I did not know what he was about to do to me.
~ Susanna Moore
Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you need to do is show up and pretend to be happy for them." "That's one of the few things I won't have to pretend, Plutarch," I tell him.
~ Suzanne Collins
Why don't I just pretend I'm on camera, Plutarch?" I say. "Yes! Perfect. One is always much braver with an audience," he says. "Look at the courage Peeta just displayed!" It's all I can do not to slap him.
~ Suzanne Collins
Don't. Don't let's pretend when there's no one around.
~ Suzanne Collins
They're betting on how long I'll live!" I burst out. "They're not my friends!" "Well, try and pretend!" snaps Effie. Then she composes herself and beams at me. "See, like this. I'm smiling at you even though you're aggravating me.
~ Suzanne Collins
We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love.
~ Suzanne Collins
You want a piece of advice?" said Ripred. "Don't bother. I know what you'll say. The whole thing's stupid," said Gregor. "Quite the contrary. I was going to say that life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one isn't happening." said Ripred.
~ Suzanne Collins
life is short. There are only a few good things in it, really. Don't pretend that one isn't happening.
~ Suzanne Collins
I don't feel sorry for myself, because I'm living my dream. Even when I was a little boy I used to stand in the playground and pretend I was on 'Opportunity Knocks.'
~ John Barrowman
I think good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess. You don't actually consummate it, but you get to pretend, imagine what it would be like.
~ John Cusack
Just for tonight, let's pretend I'm not a priest and you're not crazy. We're just two normal human beings having a good time. Just a man and a woman at a rip-off carnival, living in the moment.
~ Nancee Cain, Saving Evangeline
Those who pretend as if they don't love you, are the ones who would hate to see you love another person.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
I don't know how to be anything but pretend, " I replied, and it ached in me how true that really was. "But if I could be real, I'd be real for you.
~ R.J. Anderson, Quicksilver