“I don't understand what's going on, but i'll just pretend that I do.”

“Soldiers don't complain… I am not going to do it; I will pretend this is part of a war.”

“I'm sure you think that I don't understand what you're going through, but I do. It's just that sometimes, our future is dictated by what we are, opposed to what we want.”

“I pretend to understand because I don't want anybody to be hurt”

“The thing I don't understand about homosexuals is, how do they decide which one is the one who's supposed to pretend they don't want it?”

“I don't pretend to understand the universe — it's much bigger than I am.”

“I was just wondering if you'd come along,
Hold up my head when my head won't hold on.
I'll do the same if the same is what you want.
But if not I'll go… I'll go alone.”

“Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority I just don't know what I'll do with you.”

“I can't tell them what to do!"
"Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you.”

“Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand.”