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Quotes About Concealed

There's a deal of goodness that the world never sees," said Tussler in conclusion, "as there's a deal of viciousness it never guesses.
~ Ouida
Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.
~ Ovid
I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
~ Pablo Neruda
We're looking for places that aren't on a map. If we put them on one, then anybody could find them.
~ Pat Cadigan
Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
~ Patrick Henry
You will shoot, but you will not learn how to shoot in a CCW class. Rather, you will be given instruction on the law and how it pertains to carrying a firearm.
~ Unknown
There was a door, but it was terribly bashful, so Auri politely pretended not to see it.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
You were a little wild around the eyes there," she (Denna) said gently. "I don't think I've ever seen you out of sorts before." I took another slow breath. I'm out of sorts all the time," I (Kvothe) said. "I just don't show it.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
the room grew unnaturally quiet. Kote stood with his back to the room, a stillness in his body and a terrible silence clenched between his teeth.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
As he sorted and packed, the red-haired man seemed content. But if you looked more closely you might have noticed that while his hands were busy, his eyes were far away. And while his expression was composed, pleasant even, there was no joy in it. He did not hum or whistle while he worked. He did not sing.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
IN THE THEOPHANY, TECCAM writes of secrets, calling them painful treasures of the mind. He explains that what most people think of as secrets are really nothing of the sort. Mysteries, for example, are not secrets. Neither are little-known facts or forgotten truths. A secret, Teccam explains, is true knowledge actively concealed. Philosophers
~ Patrick Rothfuss
IN THE THEOPHANY, TECCAM writes of secrets, calling them painful treasures of the mind. He explains that what most people think of as secrets are really nothing of the sort. Mysteries, for example, are not secrets. Neither are little-known facts or forgotten truths. A secret, Teccam explains, is true knowledge actively concealed.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.
~ Patrick Süskind
O instrumento tem dentro de si um mundo, teórico e físico. Só que demonstrá-lo, ninguém o faz, do ponte de vista prático-musical. O mesmo se passa com os instrumentos de sopro. E com todas as pessoas... agora em sentido figurado. Conheço pessoas que possuem dentro de si todo um universo, incomensurável. Mas fazer com que ele saia cá para fora, isso ninguém o faz. Seria o fim. Mas adiante...
~ Patrick Süskind
Most often lies fail because some sign of an emotion being concealed leaks. The stronger the emotions involved in the lie, and the greater the number of different emotions, the more likely it is that the lie will be betrayed by some form of behavioral leakage.
~ Paul Ekman
I have a Florida concealed firearms permit. But then, who doesn't? We have about nine hundred thousand residents licensed to carry concealed weapons, tops in the nation. Take that, Texas!
~ Paul Levine
if the enemy goes undetected and is not exposed, he will gain the advantage by default.
~ Unknown
I smiled, but internally, unseen, using no visible facial muscles.
~ Unknown
It's a phenomenon that I've often observed without understanding it. Inside someone another person can exist, a fully formed, generous, and trustworthy individual who never comes to light except in glimpses, because he is surrounded by a corrupt, dyed-in-the-wool, repeat offender.
~ Peter Høeg