#masquerade

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

#dropped #end #life #like #masks

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#lie #masquerade #tis #truth

It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The facts change from week to week, but the sort of masquerade doesn't. ↗

— Frank Rich

#again #change #doing #facts #kind

For Schuyler who doesn't like love stories ↗

— Melissa de la Cruz

#love

Don't be coy, Joshua. No matter how much money the other men here have, they can't buy what you've gotten for free. ↗

— Mora Early

#looks #masquerade #sexy #men

You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems. ↗

— Wyclef Jean

#beautiful #day #end #end of the day #find

During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism. ↗

— Howard Thurman

#during #even #guise #hatred #masquerade

Shrikes were songbirds; he ought to know. ↗

— Jodi Meadows

#dossam #incarnate #love #masquerade #love

Swoon, Dora. Every young woman deserves to swoon over the love of her life. ↗

— Nancy Moser

#life