7 Orson Scott Card Quotes on Pretense

Orson Scott Card quotes on pretense

167. We pretend to be whatever we must in order to survive.

591. They never noticed that he was in fact what they only pretended to be

738. At last he was what he had always pretended to be. An ordinary, powerless man. He hated it.

871. Beside me was Savanna, her robe falling open carelessly (though I knew she was aware of just how much arousal each centimeter of her exposure produced), her finger tickling me unbearably while I pretended not to feel it

953. Pretending to be happy with each other when they're both so desperately lonely because along week three of their marriage they realized they didn't really know each other and they never would, they'd be strangers together for the rest of their lives. But they couldn't live with that, nobody can, I've seen thousands of marriages and they can't face it that they're paired up with a stranger and so the decent ones, the ones who want to be good, they pretend to be whatever their partner wants them to be, and then they pretend to believe in their partners pretense

998. There is nothing so stupid or dangerous or painful that people wont eagerly do it, if by doing it they will make others believe that they are better or stronger or more honorable. I've seen people poison themselves, destroy their children, abandon their mates, cut themselves off from the world, all so that others would think that they were a better sort of person.

1060. Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be. -Ender's Game