Quotes About Facade

Relationships have become like pizza and coke, which might look fancy but has nothing good to offer.

Life has many of its own complexities, people don't want to see that on screen too.

I put up a front to make people think I had all of this confidence in myself, which I didn't.

In my own sweet way, I'm quite a superficial person.

They call me 'sweet,' and 'gentle'; and some of the men go the length of calling me 'endearing,' and I laugh in my sleeve and think, 'Oh, Lord! If you but knew what a brimstone of a creature I am behind all this beautiful amiability!'

People are not what they seem. Some of them are sweet and kind to you, but that's not their real face.

I'm quite subdued, believe it or not. I switch it on for the camera.

One may be nice on the outside but on the inside isnt pretty

You go to work the next day pretending nothing happened. Your co-workers ask if everything's okay and you tell them you're just tired. And you're trying to smile. And they're trying to smile.

Even if she were going crazy, she didn't want to look like she was going crazy.

She had never looked to see what lay beneath the surface, because the surface was easy enough to polish and keep bright.

Everyone always believes him to be the person they think he is, which in truth is no one

She tried to sound casual and upbeat but in her heart she felt a sudden bleakness.

people often felt the need to prepare a side of themselves to display to passers-by – as they might in a store window – and that such a display needn't be taken so seriously

people often felt the need to prepare a side of themselves to display to passers-by – as they might in a store window – and that such a display needn't be taken so seriously once the moment had passed.

Waleran was suddenly brusque again, and the contrast with his previous manner made Philip realize that his amiability could be put on and taken off like a coat.

Appearance is a type of power.

Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.

There are a sort of men whose visagesDo cream and mantle like a standing pond.

Framed to make women false.

His face is the worst thing about him.

His was not an easy face to read, and no one could have told that in the past half hour he had suffered the worst knock of his life. Except that he no longer whistled into the wind or talked to his irritable mare, there was nothing to show.

A brute is still a brute, even when smiles; the eyes are where the soul declares its true nature.

Quantunque degli esseri umani avessi un terrore mortale, sembravo assolutamente incapace di rinunciare alla loro compagnia. M'ingegnai a mantenere a fior di pelle un sorriso che non abbandonò le mie labbra un instante; fu questo l'accomodamento che offrivo alla gente.