Quotes About Facade

It takes a smart man to play dumb.

Traven walks away as a stream of havoc members come by to pat me on the back, punch my arm, and shake my hand. I smile and nod like it's the Oscars and I just won Best Supporting Asshole.

We're all moons. Some are just better at hiding their dark sides.

Adrian's face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was about to happen.

Looks are deceiving,

Fiona has the same glacial beauty of an iceburg, but unlike the iceburg she has absolutely nothing below the surface.

Fiona has the same glacial beauty as an iceberg, but unlike the iceberg she has absolutely nothing below the surface.

We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be." Sam

He managed to retain a cheerful smile at all times—though, in the dreams, he screamed.

some pain never fully resolved. You just suppressed it beneath a façade of normalcy.

when people overtly display some trait, such as confidence or hypermasculinity, they are most often concealing the contrary reality.

You took care of people by not letting them know how badly you wanted your life to be different.

El mundo no ve el interior de las personas, y que poco importan las esperanzas, penas y sueños que albergamos bajo una máscara de piel y hueso. Es así de sencillo, cruel y absurdo.

What did she think about behind that tranquil face of hers? Whatever the provocation, she never clenched her jaws, swore or got angry. Did she watch everything from a distance, as if even her own life was happening to someone else? Nobody could see it but instead of a face, she wore a mask. No, Ravan wanted to rephrase that. What he and everybody else saw was the mask, not what went on inside.

I think you are just like this house, Evangeline. Rich and fine on the outside, but no one's got a clue what's going on inside.

People love the facade of a perfection relationship because perfection seems alluring. What they don't realize is perfection is terrifying.

Talking to him is rather like talking to a school play.

But sometimes a person who seems easy is one whose calm outside belies a troubled and turbulent inside.

Disease often comes with a smiling face.

Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect.

Pretense cannot sustain blind power.

A straight face is an ignorant man's attempt to appear knowledgeable.

The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.