#pretend

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

#circumstances #i #i am #i do #know

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. ↗

— Chanakya

#poisonous #pretend #should #snake #venomous

I punished myself and avoided my reflection in mirrors and any windows. I would see myself reflected back, and I would look away, trying to pretend I didn't exist, because I hated myself so much. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#avoided #away #back #because #exist

I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#big #bore #club #fire #going

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#fear #more #often #pretend #really

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#because #cog #eccentric #fear #interchangeable

I think that episode in the third season was great. I'm really glad that we did that. He got to sleep with Sydney and kill Evil Francie and go on a mission and pretend he's a rock star. ↗

— Bradley Cooper

#episode #evil #glad #go #got

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

— Doug Coupland

#another #care #cruelest #lest things #more

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#beautiful people #difficult #hard #how #like

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#dumb #old #old age #only #pretend