I’ve perfected the art of the fake smile. It’s not so difficult when you are completely numb.
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Quotes tagged ‘pretending’
You may think that hiding your pain from sight is somehow going to make it disappear. I can tell you from experience that it isn’t. It is just like the time as a kid when you really didn’t want to eat your greens. If you hid them underneath a piece of furniture, sooner or later your mum would discov…
It's a helluva lot easier to accept who you are, in all your damaged glory, than to try to be someone you're not. It's sure a hell of a lot more fun, too.
I shouldn't have to be a liar to make someone love me. I shouldn't be so afraid of losing someone that I'll do anything to make them stay.
We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically. We invent memories. Without thinking. If we tell ourselves something happened often enough we start to believe it, and then we can actually reme…
All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be. This is elementary.
I have perfected the smile that says I’m fine, even though most of the time, I feel far from it.
We all create stories to protect ourselves.
I’m tired of pretending, tired of acting like everything’s okay, tired of not being with him…
The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else
What am I pretending not to know?
Pretending to like the same things he does. You might just nod along when he says he likes a particular band but there will be a point when he’ll want your opinion on one of their not-so-famous songs and you’ll just want to grab your bag and run.
Acting dumb.
Trying to be someone you're not.
— Dr. Danielle Harel, Celeste Hirschman M.A, huffingtonpost.com
Would you ever role play in bed?
I've been pretending my whole life. Pretending I don't mind, pretending I belong. My life's built on it. And it's a good life. It's a life I've always wanted. But then I came here and I get a glimpse for a second of a life in which I don't have to pretend. A life in which I can be truly alive. How c…
— Halley Wegryn Gross, Jonathan Nolan, William, Jimmi Simpson, imdb.com
What is more important - Pretending to live or living your life? Forget about what others think about you and your way of living. Live your life the way you like it.
Role playing can be great and it will make your sex life a lot more fun.
Don't lie to your partner.
— Ben Kassoy, gq.com
Everyone is afraid and insecure, even if they pretend not to be.