“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
I mean, you can only pretend to be something for so long before you become it.
Hank Green • A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: A Novel (The Carls Book 2)
Just being ourselves becomes a guise, behind which we fashion ourselves to be – in the worldly scale of values – someone who counts.
When your authenticity is an act, something’s gone wrong | Psyche Ideas
We live in a world of personas constantly trying to project the image that we are stable, unafraid, and “have it together.” We share this currency of persona among one another, constantly reconvincing ourselves that it is what is real about us.