— Jim Morrison

“Most people love you for who you pretend to be.”

Please, please

— Jim Morrison

“That’s what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretense. It’s true, we’re locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you’re trying to steal their most precious possession.”

Rick Warren

Hiding your hurt only intensifies it. Problems grow in the dark and only become bigger and bigger, but when exposed to the light of truth, they shrink. You are only as sick as your secrets. So take off your mask, stop pretending you’re perfect and walk into freedom.

In class pretending like I give a shit.

Please, please don't pretend

You can’t pretend

You can’t pretend you care when you never take the time to show it.

the hardest thing to do in life is to pretend

the hardest thing to do in life is to pretend to be what you're not. because pretending is hard. lying to yourself every waking hour of everyday isn't easy. i know that i'm lucky and should be grateful for everything i have, what gets me are those things, those people who i have lost, who have left me, those whose life has been pushed away from me. i pretend that they never mattered, that i couldn't be happier, but the truth is i feel so incomplete, so unhappy, so empty of any hope whatsoever. i hate who we’ve all become. 

and you say we're too young,

and you say we're too young, but maybe you're too old to remember. 

and i try to pretend but i just feel it when we're together.but if you don't believe me, 

you never really knew us.

I hate fighting with the one person I want to talk with the most.

but only on my own.

I love him
But every day I’m learning

All my life
I’ve only been pretending

Without me
His world would go on turning

A world that’s full of happiness
That I have never known

I love him,
but only on my own.

i never pretended

Drew Barrymore

Sometimes you think you’ve gotten over a person, but when you see them smile, you suddenly realize you’re just pretending.

i swear to god i don't know it myself

it starts dripping until it gets wet

as soon as the door opens the blanket

is up to my left

her cheeks are bloated red and her throat is as

sore as a cabinet

                                                                                                                                                                                                            

How do I pretend that I don't miss you when I've never wanted anything or anyone as bad as I want you?

It's hard to pretend to be friends with someone special when every time I look at them, all I see is everything I want to have.

pretending

Silence has a deep explanation in every situation. It's either you don't care anymore, or you're just pretending unaffected but deeply hurt.

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I’d rather live my life knowing that I’m not perfect, than spending my whole life pretending to be.