Pretended

Famous quotes containing the word pretended:

    A happy people I call them still, whose peace and genuine morals have not been contaminated with European vices; and whose errors are only the errors of ignorance, and not the rooted depravity of a pretended civilization, and a spurious and mock Christianity.
    —J.G. (John Gabriel)

    An open foe may prove a curse,
    But a pretended friend is worse.
    John Gay (1685–1732)

    I entered into their ceremonies. I pretended I was possessed by their gods.... The drums, the chanting, the lights. I heard a voice speaking in the sudden silence. My voice. I was speaking to the houngan. I was possessed.
    Curtis Siodmak (1902–1988)