Quotes About Pretending

Reader, if thou intendest to go any farther, I would entreat thee to stay here a little. If thou art, as many in this pretending age, a sign or title gazer, and comest into books as Cato into the theatre, to go out again, - thou hast had thy entertainment; farewell!

the Canadian government – the power of each of us as citizens – has been and still is breaking the law. Breaking it by misusing it – by resorting to avoidance, by pretending to be doing what it isn't, by legalistic and administrative manipulation, by malingering. These are standard tricks far beneath the dignity of the Crown. For

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

I am scared almost all the time. But I never tell anyone. I can't afford to. I have to go on pretending I'm this confident person, because if I don't, if I'm quiet, I become invisible.

The sudden silence is horrifying, and it seems to catch my mother off guard. A tiny whimper escapes her, the sound amplified in the stillness. Surely, my father hears her now; surely he and I can't go on pretending she isn't crying.

Once I've mastered the art of pretending that I don't care what other kids think of me, I start to pay attention in class, discovering that I love library research for history term papers about ancient lands. It feels like a form of time travel.

I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.

It takes patience to listen... It takes skill to pretend that you are actually listening.

Are you crying? No, I'm impersonating a fountain.

The awkward moment when you're pretending you're talking to someone on the phone and then it rings.

Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention.

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

Sometimes you think you've gotten over a person, but when you see him smile you suddenly realize you're just pretending you're over him to ease the pain of knowing that he will never be yours.

I tuned down my pain sensors and the impact sites faded from explosions down to embers. (I know that's actually not a permanent solution and pretending bad things aren't happening is not a great survival strategy in the long run, but there was nothing I could do about it now.)

He was starting to realize that maybe he didn't actually know the difference between trusting people and just pretending to trust them while bracing for the betrayal.

The sociopaths, that's the real problem. The whole street demeanor is about pretending to be a sociopath as well, so that the real ones can't find you.

The mother of the heating contractor does not Have the same problem as the mother of the poet. When the mother of the heating contractor talks about her son It's usually understood, from the beginning, that her son, The heating contractor, is not pretending to be a heating contractor.

I am broken. Pretending otherwise is exhuasting.

Suzanne is not a horrible person masquerading as a nice one, just an angry one pretending to be normal.

The time for equivocation has passed. You can stop this at any point by telling me we will rule the court apart from a distance, but until you do so"-he let liquid sunlight drip onto her skin-"I'm playing for keeps. I'm not a mortal, Aislinn. I'm the Summer King, and I'm done pretending to be anything other than that." He leaned down and said, "We could be amazing together." Then he was gone.

Lembra-se do tempo em que eu passava tardes e tardes costurando? - Lembro-me, mãe. Eram tantas filhas, tantas roupas! - A maior parte das vezes, eu só fingia que costurava. - Fingia? Fingia para quê? Os homens não gostam que as mulheres pensem em silêncio. Nascem-lhes nervosas suspeitas. - Enquanto ia costurando, o seu pai não imaginava que eu estava pensando. Minha cabeça viajava por todo o lado.

I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.

I nodded, pretending I was relaxed. I watched the sunlight sparkling on the water and practiced mind-body integration for a few seconds by quietly hyperventilating.

But it had another layer to it, because imitating crass people was kind of liberating—like pretending to be a child or a crazy person. It was something you could do only with someone you really trusted, someone who knew how capable and good you actually were.