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Tonight, can we just pretend that you want me too? — N'Zuri Za Austin

I can't pretend to know what love is. It just is. — David Levithan

The imagination is not the consolation people pretend. It can even be regarded as the admission of some sort of failure. — Edmund White

No one can pretend that because a people may be oppressed, every individual member is virtuous and worthy. — Martin Luther King Jr.

You can stay here with me. My parents wouldn't care. We can pretend we're sixteen and having quiet, dirt sex so no one hears us. — J. Lynn

I am who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year. — Gwyneth Paltrow

You're not exactly up for the Humanitarian of the Year award, so save your altruism for someone who can't see through you like cellophane. — Rebecca McNutt

You cannot force someone to believe something they do not believe; you can only manage to force them to speak or act as if they do. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I can't pretend to be a teenager, but I feel like I never really stopped being a teenager. — Gayle Forman

You can't pretend that everybody likes Versace. It would be boring. It's better to create a reaction than to create no reaction. That's dangerous. — Donatella Versace

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see? — Bob Dylan

You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all. — Rainbow Rowell

When there's an elephant in the room, you can't pretend it isn't there and just discuss the ants. — Ellen Wittlinger

I know you don't want to scare her, but you can't pretend that her life isn't going to be hard. It's not fair. — Alexandra Bracken

We pretend we have it all. We pretend we can have it all. — Indra Nooyi

You can pretend that your life is going on when really, all along, you're trapped in a moment you'll never be able to change. — Lee Martin

I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style. — Tiffeny Milbrett

You can just pull the covers over your head and pretend this isn't happening! — Leigh Bardugo

You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it. — James Van Der Beek

I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend. — Olivia Wilde

Don't worry about whether you can do it, Bailey Bean. Just pretend you can. Pretend enough and it becomes real. — Jill Shalvis

You can't take away knowledge, and it's dangerous to pretend you never had it. — Cynthia Heimel

You can pretend to admire, but, unless you are a superb actress, you can't pretend to laugh. Laughter is genuine or else it is just a noise. — Christopher Milne

We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we're faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off. — Federico Fellini

You might not be able to run a paintbrush over unpleasant memories, but you can certainly cover them with a black cloth and pretend they don't exist. — Amy Matayo

You can't keep things secret in a film anymore. Once you realize the secret's out, you might as well go with it and not pretend that it's not there. — Janet McTeer

I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role. — Mathieu Kassovitz

On the way home Mary Lou said, "Some things are so sad you can't say them." But I pretended not to hear. — Joyce Carol Oates

...what I want is you panting when I thrust into you, and screaming for more, begging me to fuck you harder. Can you pretend for me?"

~Zane — Tina Folsom

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty. — Sacha Guitry

One thing you can't pretend to be is funny. — Cynthia Lewis

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world. — Nelson Mandela

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return. — Thomas Piketty

There's no way you can get the past right. You can pretend. You can delude yourself, but you can't re-create what's over. — Chuck Palahniuk

I can't swim in a sea of mediocrity and pretend I'm not drowning. — Tracy L. Darity

But just know that there is evil in the world. Real evil. You can fight it, or you can hide and pretend it doesn't exist. — Scott Snyder

After making music for twenty-six years I can't pretend I don't know anything about it anymore. — Blixa Bargeld

We are not perfect human beings, nor do we have to pretend to be, but it is necessary for us to be the best version of ourselves we can be. — Satsuki Shibuya

You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do. — Fran Lebowitz

Because if you can't dream you can't pretend that he's still there — Ally Condie

I can't wait to pretend I hate you today."
"I can't wait to pretend I hate you more. — Colleen Hoover

She says you can't pretend you have nothing when you have so much. — Caroline Kepnes

I can't pretend that I'm just a friend ... 'cause I'm thinkin' maybe we were meant to be. — Janno Gibbs

When I think about kissing anyone, I imagine you. Only you. I can't pretend that this isn't so. — Kresley Cole

God, baby, I can't do this. I can't pretend I'm not fucking thrilled you're standing in my house right now. — Abbi Glines

All I want to do is pretend nothing is wrong and avoid it all, for eternity, but I know I can't. — Amanda Grace

I can make beleive I have everything, but I can't pretend that I don't see that without you in my life is complete. — Sisqo

I don't pretend that I can read minds. I don't believe anybody can read minds. In other words, I don't believe in psychics. — Keith Barry

If I don't hear the words out loud, then I can almost pretend it didn't happen ... almost — Jodi Ellen Malpas

How long can you pretend to be something before you aren't pretending anymore? — Daniel Abraham

A question that always haunts me. Why can't people just be real? It's easier being real than pretend being real. Give yourself a chance. — Manasa Rao

If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any. — Sadie Jones

This is why I choose not to have real-life girlfriends. I can't even pretend without starting a fight. — Colleen Hoover

I pretend I've got lots of confidence and I'm a big jock and like that but deep inside I'm a frightened, insecure, can't-make-it failure. — Beatrice Sparks

Say that you love me. You don't have to mean it. You can lie. Just say it so I can pretend for a little while
Fen to Malick - Weregild — Carole Cummings

never sneer at good things or pretend to be worse than you are. Don't let false shame make you neglect the religion without which no man can live. — Louisa May Alcott

There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny. — Billy Collins

You can't just pretend that the things you watch, and the things you hear, and the places you go will not have an impact on your character. They will. — Nouman Ali Khan

I can't pretend that I don't subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously. — Alan Palomo

You can't look at people being crucified. Even if you know it is just pretend. — Penelope Wilton

I can't reasonably pretend to be a transparent and omniscient narrator who brings no personal perspective. That person doesn't exist. — Molly Crabapple

We are never the people we think we are. We are the ones we pretend, with all our hearts we can't become. — Jodi Picoult

Can't pretend that growin' older never hurts. — Pete Townshend

Once a man has seen society's black underbelly, he can never turn his back on it. Never pretend, like you do, that it doesn't exist. — Alan Moore

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised. — Trevor McDonald

It's so much easier to debate people when you can pretend that they hold moronic position that they don't actually believe. — Glenn Greenwald

Who do you become when you've lost sight of who you are but the false you isn't one you can pretend to be anymore? — Erin McCarthy

One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't. — Martin Fowler

Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are. — Yoko Ono

A scientist can pretend that his work isn't himself, it's merely the impersonal truth. An artist can't hide behind the truth. He can't hide anywhere. — Ursula K. Le Guin

There cannot be new things in England. There can be old things freshly presented or new things that pretend to be old. — Hilary Mantel

You can pretend to be something other than who you are but eventually you will run out of energy to continue because that's not authentically you. — Caroline Myss

It's possible to pretend I'm someone other than who I am, and if I pretend long enough, I can believe it. — Libba Bray

We really can't forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can't. — Alan Greenspan

You feel you can pretend to be young until you're 50, but after that, what happens and how do you approach it? — Sharon Horgan

When you can see the end of things even in their beginnings, there's no more hope, unless you want to pretend, or forget, or get drunk or something. — Ayi Kwei Armah

You're mine," he says again fiercely. "Not his, not anyone else's. You can try and pretend you don't feel it, but you do. You'll always be mine. — Melody Grace

My husband acts and I have such respect for those that do it well, that I wouldn't even try to pretend I can act. — Leeza Gibbons

given that I'm making decisions that involve so much money and so many people, I can't afford to pretend to know what's up. — Sophia Amoruso

It's the beauty of the Web. You can pretend to be anything you want. But people figure out pretty quick if you don't live up to it. — Sophia Amoruso

I can pretend to be brave, but I'm not — Veronica Roth

You can pretend that bad things will never happen. But life's a lot easier if you realize and admit that sometimes they do. — Lois Lowry

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. — Sacha Guitry

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not. — Marya Mannes

I can't know everything, pretend you're an orphan. — Cheshire Cat

You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that. — Claire Bloom

Nobody can pretend to know what people want to read or hear or see. People rarely know it themselves; they only know it after the fact. — Cecelia Ahern

Even though people pretend that medical records are privileged information, anyone can already get their hands on them. — Craig Venter

The Englishman can get along with sex quite perfectly so long as he can pretend that it isn't sex but something else. — James Agate

I can't pretend to be objective when it comes to service or sacrifice. — Martha Raddatz

Imagine, pretend, and play so you can become anyone you want to be. You don't need to be afraid. — Carolyn Byers Ruch

My god-life! who can understand eve one little minute of it? 'don't try' he said 'just pretend you understand. — Kurt Vonnegut

I can't even pretend to play golf. — Alan Arkin

I'm too young for a man, but I'm too old for a boy. So, can't we just pretend, that I'm older than I really am, but then, only little girls pretend. — Tori Amos

I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to. — Holly Black

I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive. — Amy Sedaris

I really like him. I can't help it. And no matter how hard i try to pretend otherwise, it doesn't make it any less true. — Alyson Noel

Listen, I would love to win an Emmy at some stage or another. I can't pretend not to. — Cat Deeley

Pretending is a virtue. If you cant pretend, you can't be king. — Luigi Pirandello

The thing about taking risks is, if it's really a risk, you really can fail. It's only a pretend risk if you really can't fail. — Connie Britton