#pretend

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat. ↗

— John le Carre

#become #cheat #childhood #detachment #ever

Whoever you pretend to be, you must face yourself eventually. ↗

— Al Stewart

#face #must #pretend #whoever #you

Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#pretend #being

We're actors in our lives, pretendin' to be who we want people to think we are. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#pretending #think

We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#pretending #pretense #danger

The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#democratic party #desert #freedoms #guise #never

I go wild on a stage. Some folks have measured us an image. They pretend us to be saints. And that image is much tougher to keep up with. Because that's not who we are. ↗

— Donnie Wahlberg

#folks #go #i #image #keep

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

— Penelope Wilton

#crucified #even #just #know #look

When you're around kids you can be a little kid yourself and pretend that life is magic and you don't have to be one of those sweaty people going to work every day. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#day #every #every day #going #kid

I hope that Facebook and other Internet technologies were able to help people, just like we hope that we help them communicate and organize and do whatever they want to every single day, but I don't pretend that if Facebook didn't exist, that this wouldn't even be possible. Of course, it would have. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#communicate #course #day #even #every