“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.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist

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

Charles Bukowski book Hollywood

“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?”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

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

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“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.”

Dave Matthews (1967) American singer-songwriter, musician and actor

“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.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

“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.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

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

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird