“Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.”

“So what don't you get?""The way people talk and act like they're crazy in love, and then, ding, suddenly they'renot. It's like it was all just pretend. Like it's just a game."He crunched on an ice cube. "Well, sometimes it is just a game.""Then how are you supposed to believe someone when it isn't?”

“This isn't a game we're playing between ourselves," he continued. "Don't pretend that it is.""Isn't it?" A challenge flared in her eyes, like fire inside the purest emerald. "Don't lie to me, John. Don't pretend it's any more than it really is. It's a job. One we're both determined to complete, nothing more." "Like hell.”

“Faith isn't an act of intelligence, it's an act of imagination.”

“I’m tired of pretending, tired of acting like everything’s okay, tired of not being with him…”

“Why don't we have a little game? Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive.”