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Pretending quotes

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“The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn’t one.” Margaret Atwood, “The Blind Assassin” - 2000

“Perhaps it’s impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.” Orson Scott Card, “Ender's Game” - 1985

“Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.” Henry David Thoreau, “Walden” - 1854

“The tears live in an onion that should water this sorrow.” William Shakespeare, “Antony and Cleopatra” - 1623

“This is the way human beings contrive to feed their self-destructive vices: trying not to see them, trying not to acknowledge them, delaying the important decisions and pretending that nothing will happen.” Pope Francis, “Laudato si'” - 24 May 2015

“Just for the record, knowing when people are only pretending to like you isn’t such a great skill to have.” Chuck Palahniuk, “Diary” - 2003

“Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don’t know.” George R. R. Martin, “A Storm of Swords” - 2000

“half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.” Edith Wharton, “House of Mirth” - 1905

“If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.” Oscar Wilde, “Lady Windermere's Fan” - 1893

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