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That's how the truth works. If you avoid looking at it, you can pretend it's not there. — Tarryn Fisher

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

CAN YOU JUST PUT YOUR hand on the page and pretend I'm giving you a high five? Seriously. How else do I thank you for reading my books? — Kiera Cass

Why do you pretend, when you can make it real? We like pretending to be someone else but the truth we just want to be ourselves. — Ann Marie Aguilar

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

We can sit here and pretend to be normal. But I'm still a sick, needy masochist who uses you as a stand in for my drugs, and you're still a sadist. — Natalie Bennett

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

It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can accomplish both has little to learn in hypocrisy. — Charles Caleb Colton

In drama you can either pretend everything is OK, or you can show the world as it really is in the hope that it gets better. — Aidan Gillen

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

Of course, if you can pretend to be strong all your life, then you can be very comforting to those around you. — Kurt Vonnegut

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

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

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

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

Nobody can teach you how to like something. You can like it, or you can pretend to like it, in order to make someone happy. — Lemony Snicket

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

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

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 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

If you do not actually know the story, then do not pretend you can tell it. — B. Thomas Harwood

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

Things can stay safe for long
they can pretend to fit
but then you hear Discord's song
and things crack bit by bit. — Dawn Kurtagich

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

You can always put balsamic vinaigrette on salted meat and sort of pretend it's a salad. — Karen Russell

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

Hide the scars, let us pretend. If you burry deep enough, no one can find them. — S.L. Northey

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

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

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

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

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

You can pretend anything and master it. — Milton H. Erickson

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

You can pretend for a long time, but one day it all falls away and you are alone. We are alone in the most beautiful place in the world ... — Jean Rhys

In St. Louis one of the girls had said to her, Just pretend you're pretty so they can pretend you're pretty. — Marilynne Robinson

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

Here's what I suggest," he said. "You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too. — Terry Pratchett

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

Music means freedom to me. But in acting you can pretend to be someone else and I like that. — Robert Pattinson

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

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

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

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

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

...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'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With voice-over, you have to pretend like you're three, except you can talk and read. — Molly Quinn

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

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

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

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do. — Douglas Coupland

Evil is moral at it heart. The selection of vice over virtue; you can pretend not to know, you can rationalize, but you know it in your conscience. — Gregory Maguire

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

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

Be brave. Even if you're not pretend to be.
No one can tell the difference. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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

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

I hate you." "I know you do, babe," I whispered. "If it makes you feel better, you can pretend you have a choice. — Anonymous

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

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

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

If you can pretend to ignore the fact that you've got a right hand, what else can you pretend to ignore? Can you have a negative heart, a hollow soul? — Muriel Barbery

One of the privileges of not knowing who you are is that you can pretend to be anyone you like. — Cameron Jace