Quotes About Pretend

That's what acting is: really make-believe.

Why did you pretend to run away? To deceive the Witch?" "Not likely!" Howl yelled. "I'm a coward. Only way I can do something this frightening is to tell myself I'm not doing it!

Second, the Democrats pretend to have no connection with the thievery of Jackson and his fellow Democrats. They might acknowledge that Jackson cleared the Indians out of several states in order to build constituencies of grateful whites who then settled those states. Faced with facts, they may also concede that Jackson enriched himself and his cronies through his land stealing.

This is why we are here. A tiny minority. To embody old things, old beliefs. The devil, the angels, heaven, hell. If we did not pretend to believe these things, the world would collapse." "Pretend?" "Of course pretend. Do you think we are stupid? Get out from here." "You don't believe in heaven? A nun?" "If you don't, why should I?" "If you did, maybe I would." "If I did, you would not have to.

Death is a solemn thing, and never so much so as when we see it close at hand. The grave is a chilling, heart-sickening place, and it is vain to pretend it has no terrors.

You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

That is the nature of Science—it is often confusing and terrible, but you must pretend you are not troubled or else Science People will call you names.

Odysseus, son of Laertes, the great traveller, prince of wiles and tricks and a thousand ways. He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.

Odysseus, son of Laertes, the great traveler, prince of wiles and tricks and a thousand ways. He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.

I had got away from what I hated, but I hadn't found where I loved, and so I pretended that there was nowhere to love.

Accepting the sadness. Knowing that to pretend it was all gay was treachery. Treachery to everyone sad at the moment, everyone ever sad, treachery to such music, such truth.

This story I am telling is all imagination. These characters I create never existed outside my own mind. If I have pretended until now to know my characters' minds and innermost thoughts, it is because I am writing in (just as I have assumed some of the vocabulary and 'voice' of) a convention universally accepted at the time of my story: that the novelist stands next to God. He may not know all, yet he tries to pretend that he does.

Samantha nodded smugly as if it were just another day in court. She pretended to be captivated by a document, frowning and underlining some terribly important words, while wanting to yell, "I can't believe it either. This is my first trial!

We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds.

It's hard to pretend to be born without causing offense.

There's no such thing as being cool. People who pretend to be cool have more emotional layers.

If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.

Just once it might be instructive to pretend you're accepting an award for failure, just to see who you would thank.

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

Yes I can smile, but it's so easy to fake it. Yes I can act like I'm happy, but inside I'm falling apart. Yes I can pretend like everything is ok, but in reality I'm broken.

I may pretend that I'm okay, I may put a smile on, I may tell everyone I'm over you and that I don't want you or miss you. But the truth is on the inside I'm dying, my smile is fake, I'm still in love with you and forever will be, I want you more than you could ever imagine, and I miss so much!

I smile like nothing's wrong, talk like everthing's perfect, act like it's all a dream, and pretend that it's not hurting me.

I act like I don't care, but deep down I swear IT KILLS me.