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They probably didn't care if it was the real thing or not. They wanted it to be. And by suspending their disbelief they could believe in the illusion. — Alexandra Potter

A Piece of writing has to seduce the reader, it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust — Po Bronson

Al was looking at me in disbelief. "Not your lover?"
"No."
"But he is Rachel candy," Al said, his confusion too honest to be faked. — Kim Harrison

People stuck by others for years and years, in the face of all odds, and it should be relief, not disbelief, that one felt on witnessing it. — Alexander McCall Smith

You really don't recognize my name?"
He asks in disbelief. "Or me? Come on."
Ah. an ego is emerging, it seems.
"No, I'm sorry. — Carian Cole

Belief in form, but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Question: What is the opposite of faith?

Not disbelief. Too final, certain, closed. Itself is a kind of belief.

Doubt. — Salman Rushdie

Atheism, nine times out of ten, is born from the womb of a bad conscience. Disbelief is born of sin, not of reason. — Fulton J. Sheen

Artemis was propped on his elbows. "You hit me," he said in disbelief. — Eoin Colfer

Tessa looked at him in disbelief. "what's my name?"
"don't you know it? — Cassandra Clare

Doubt is a first cousin to faith, Ghosh. To have faith, you have to suspend your disbelief. — Abraham Verghese

I was in disbelief that I'd just explained my dreary life to this bizarre, beautiful boy who may or may not despise me.
Bella Swan — Stephenie Meyer

A little suspension of disbelief will take you a long way. — Me

I have gradually learned to be cautious even in disbelief — C. G. Jung

Victims of violent crime are not always believed ...
[referring to victim testimony at serial killer and pedophile Marc Detroux's trial] — Natascha Kampusch

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. — Tom Robbins

There was awe, and there was also incredulity - sheer disbelief that the dead Moon, of all worlds, could have sprung this fantastic surprise. — Arthur C. Clarke

With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

Democracy represents the disbelief in all great men and in all elite societies: everybody is everybody's equal. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone's disbelief. — August Wilson

Got a sock," said Dobby in disbelief. "Master threw it, and Dobby caught it, and Dobby - Dobby is free. — J.K. Rowling

Disbelief is the first great silencer. — Laura Bates

Some of the experiences endured by human beings on this earth are virtually unbelievable. — Aphrodite Matsakis

Disbelief in the devil is a French notion, a frivolous notion. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. — John Tillotson

People do not emphasize with victims and give them limitless sympathy, but can very quickly switch to aggression and rejection — Natascha Kampusch

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. — Thomas Carlyle

It [treating trauma] may even cause you to reconsider some of your previous views of the world and to revise your sociopolitical perspectives. — Aphrodite Matsakis

Even a nonbeliever might find it useful to model himself after God. Very useful, in fact. — Cormac McCarthy

I've lost all capacity for disbelief. I'm not sure that I could even rise to a little gentle scepticism. — Tom Stoppard

Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. — W. Clement Stone

Belief and disbelief have divided humankind into so many sects, blinding its eyes to the vision of the Oneness of all Life. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

Your doubts do nothing than pouring cold water on your enviable dreams. Just keep doubts away from you and you will not dilute your success story! — Israelmore Ayivor

People don't come up to me very often. Everyone is always in such disbelief that I can go to the market. — Julia Roberts

I believe you, Tamara, I just don't believe it. — Cecelia Ahern

I'm a great audience. I cry very easily. I suspend disbelief in two seconds. — Stephen Sondheim

The stage is suspension of disbelief. Film is a literal medium. — Joseph Bologna

Your disbelief cures nothing. — Sarah Kane

Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance — Al-Ghazali

In drama, I think, the audience is a willing participant. It's suspending a certain kind of disbelief to try to get something out of a story. — Edward Norton

This is barbaric," Kate said in disbelief. "He was a charming, polite man. — Manel Loureiro

Mankind's first sin gave us the ability to know both good and evil. Our subsequent sins make us increasingly unable to tell the difference. — Ron Brackin

Sometimes it seemed difficult for the adults in Sophie's life to tell between 'carried away' and 'absolutely correct but unbelieved. — Katherine Rundell

Disbelief is the root of the impossible. — Christina Farley

When Celtic faced closure in 1994. My feelings then were of disbelief and concern for my mates who were Celtic fans. — Ally McCoist

Their disbelief doesn't make your dream any less true. You're a dreamer. And will be. Forever. — Sarvesh Jain

Ironically, the only people anyone believes these days are the skeptics. — J.S.B. Morse

Never let your mind imprison your achievements by imposing disbelief on you. — Israelmore Ayivor

Faith is the resplendent key that liberates me from the impregnable confines meticulously constructed from the raw material of my disbelief. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

For better or worse we're in an age of disbelief," Rico said, "An age of science and a need for proof. — Bryan Islip

His face registered the five stages of unlawful investigation: disbelief, skepticism, impatience, irritation, and astonishment. — Suzanne M. Trauth

What is it that makes a person insist passionately on the existence of metaphysical realities that can be neither demonstrated nor refuted? (176) — Stephen Batchelor

He snorts in disbelief. Is that yet another miracle of Mortain? That His acolytes are able to contort themselves enough to tend to their own backs? — Robin LaFevers

Rose finally found her voice and turned on Dimitri. "Really? This guy? Are you sure?" I shared her disbelief. — Richelle Mead

The fine wall of leaden crystal that had protected her heart - somehow numbed her into disbelief - shattered. — Alice Sebold

The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers. — Roger Mudd

Willing Suspension of Disbelief — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Her mouth drops open in disbelief. Your dad tried to blackmail the mob? Has he never seen The Godfather? — M. Leighton

The biggest obstacle to creativity is breaking through the barrier of disbelief. — Rodney Mullen

No one thinks Las Vegas is real; it is illusion, but visitors willingly suspend disbelief and pretend. — Hal Rothman

It seems the more we know, the less we believe. — J.S.B. Morse

I think audiences have hit the wall with CGI and special effects. They have seen so many over-the-top events that they can't suspend disbelief. — Sylvester Stallone

Perry listened to the surf as their tempers drifted toward him, carrying disbelief and anxiousness and outrage. The silent roar of the Tides. — Veronica Rossi

Tigerclaw stared in disbelief. Was the life of his son dependent on an ancient medicine cat and an arrogant kittypet? — Erin Hunter

He is no longer mine to lose, but the grief is there, a gnawing sense of disbelief. — Lauren Oliver

And for the record, there are plenty of women I haven't slept with." Several sets of eyes turned on him in disbelief. Geez. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

She shouted at Rune, "You did not just do that!"

His deep voice sounded overhead. "How is that disbelief working out for you? — Thea Harrison

You're the Baba Yaga?" He gazed at her in disbelief. "But the Baba Yaga is an ugly old crone, and you're, you're... not! — Deborah Blake

The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief. — Frank Barron

Disbelief is a sin, but honest unbelief is not. — Peter Kreeft

I regret my disbelief in God. — Peter Medawar

It was a slow fade from belief to disbelief, one that was so gradual she hardly realized it was happening. — Christy Barritt

Your disbelief will cripple you, you think like that, human. Do not believe this impossible, or it will be. — Julie Kagawa

A moral man is essentially dumbfounded when confronted by a man who is amoral - everything the latter does is met with a certain disbelief. — Andrew Holleran

My father looked on in disbelief, overwhelmed that his son had been taught to eat glass and relish it. — Tahir Shah

What? You don't think he's cute?"
"I didn't really notice."
"How can you not notice when a guy is cute?" Melody stared at her in disbelief. — Nicholas Sparks

A sweetly scented angel fell, she laid her head upon my disbelief, and battled with me with her ever smile. — Jethro Tull

I guess love is the real suspension of disbelief. — Melissa Bank

I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children. — Elin Nordegren

Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Oh man," Powell said, laughing in disbelief. "Do they fire lightning out of their asses, too? Do they cum nuclear jelly? What else, huh? — Tim Lebbon

The grocery store poets do everything they can to encourage us in our willing suspension of disbelief. — Michael Pollan

The art of movies is to allow the audience to suspend their disbelief. They need to use their imaginations. — William Friedkin

Emotional honesty transcends reality; it's what allows disbelief to be suspended and yet what makes a story stay true. — Greg Rucka

You aren't allowed back until you've learned to willingly suspend disbelief. — Rebecca Murphy

In order to have faith, or follow any other organized religion, I'd have to suspend a degree of disbelief. — Pete Townshend

I've always been interested in moments of disbelief ... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something. — Dan Colen

Don't be a patron of disbelief; nobody fights and wins battles in the hand gloves of doubts. — Israelmore Ayivor

She was the type of woman who caused men to do stupid shit they would later look back on with disbelief. — Scott Hildreth

It is dangerous to use our own ability to access non-traumatic memories as a standard against which we judge a trauma victim's response. — David Yeung

What can one do with levels of gloom and guilt, fear and disbelief, of bewilderment above one's capacity to register? — Darin Strauss

Congratulations, he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mix of awe and disbelief. "Ever. — Patrick Rothfuss

But disbelief wasn't enough to wound someone. Disbelief only hurt when someone wanted to believe. — Meljean Brook

Disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but at last it was complete. — Charles Darwin

Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure. — Albert Bandura

To lack faith perhaps isn't as much an intellectual disbelief in the existence of God as fear and distrust that there is a good God. — Ann Voskamp

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief — George Bernard Shaw

Disbelief is catching. It rubs off on people. — Ray Bradbury

Eye blocking is a very powerful display of consternation, disbelief, or disagreement. — Joe Navarro

Denial exists when three beliefs
intersect:
1. It cannot happen.
2. It cannot happen to you.
3. It cannot happen to you now. — Johnnie Dent Jr.