Asha

“This was a new skill she'd acquired, the ability to look, to the outside world, utterly serene and even cheerful, while, in her skull, all was chaos.”
― Dave Eggers, The Circle

“She kept hoping something would change, but she knew she'd lost him to a world she could never be part of. So instead she pretended.
Pretended to be strong.
Pretended everything was alright.
Pretended for Michael, for herself, but most of all for Willow. Because Willow loved Michael, and he, her – that much was obvious”
― Dominique Wilson, That Devil's Madness

“For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
by making his world a little colder...”
― The Beatles

“I'm quite sure more people fake an awful lot of everyday human contact. I just fake all of it." --Dexter”
― Jeff Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter