Life's a lot different from what people pretend. That's why pretending is fun. I used to think it was some special wickedness of my own that made such queer things happen. Now I'm beginning to guess that everybody's like that.

We pretend to be strong because we are weak.

Don't assume you are more creative or better than anyone, because some people with better stuffs are just pretending to be dumb for a while.

When we pretend that we can avoid vulnerability we engage in behaviors that are often inconsistent with who we want to be.

BRAVE

To be brave is to behave
bravely when your heart is faint.
So you can be really brave
only when you really ain't.

If you’re not, pretend you are.’ Take

Vulnerability comes in pretending to be someone you are not.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

They want us a bit dumb and a bit afraid. Which for the most part, I think we are.

realize I’m making it sound like we’re all crazy, but that’s because we kind of are. Most people are living in an illusion based on someone else’s beliefs.

We become brave by doing brave acts.

Imagine, always pretending to run a world. Always imitating the sort of people they think they might be if the world were the sort of world it isn't. Pretending to be words like 'normal' and 'wholesome' and 'honest' and 'decent' and 'self-respecting' and all the rest, when even the words aren't real. Imagine, being people.

Pretending you’re OK when you aren’t isn’t strength.”
“Well, that’s where you’re wrong,” Robin contradicted him. The champagne had fizzed on her tongue and seemed to give her courage even before it hit her brain. “Sometimes, acting as though you’re all right, makes you all right. Sometimes you’ve got to slap on a brave face and walk out into the world, and after a while it isn’t an act anymore, it’s who you are. If I’d waited to feel ready to leave my room after — you know,” she said, “I’d still be in there. I had to leave before I was ready.

We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds.