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Quotes About Concealment

Of course, there are many rich men in the empire, but their money is buried, and they dress in rags and counterfeit poverty.
~ Mark Twain
S]in takes on new and real terrors when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out.
~ Mark Twain
whitewashed
~ Mark Twain
Among other common lies, we have the _silent_ lie--the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth.
~ Mark Twain
we brought the wires to the ground at the chapel, and then brought them under the ground to the platform, and hid the batteries there.
~ Mark Twain
Maybe you saw her first? Caught a glimpse between the lines, between the letters, like a ghost in the mirror, a ghost in the wings?
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
missing the most obvious fact of all that what I hoped to lock out I've only locked in here with me.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
You hide a Jew. You pay. Somehow or other, you must.
~ mark zusak
Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. That was the business of hiding a Jew.
~ Markus Zusak
Life had altered in the wildest possible way, but it was imperative that they act as if nothing at all had happened. Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. That was the business of hiding a Jew.
~ Markus Zusak
Don't get caught.' This from a man who'd stolen a Jew.
~ Markus Zusak
She often wished she was pale enough to disappear altogether.
~ Markus Zusak
We can't leave him here, the smell will kill us . . . and we can't carry him out the door and drag him up the street, either. We can't just say, 'You'll never guess what we found in our basement this morning . . .
~ Markus Zusak
Don't get caught." This from a man who'd stolen a Jew. From
~ Markus Zusak
era una buena chica. Mantenía la boca cerrada allí donde iba. Llevaba el secreto enterrado muy adentro.
~ Markus Zusak
Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. That was the business of hiding a Jew. As
~ Markus Zusak
Qué gran maldad puede encubrir la prolongación de una vida.
~ Markus Zusak
Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity.
~ Marshall McLuhan
He quickly stuffed the book between the cushion and the arm of the sofa. The title alone was enough to kill off brain cells: Within a Budding Grave.
~ Martha Grimes
Frightened people often hide behind anger.
~ Martha Williamson
That left denial. If he pretended that he didn't have it, he could ignore the ways it was affecting his life. Denial sounded good.
~ Martin Cruz Smith
Das Nichts nichtet
~ Martin Heidegger
Ceea-ce-se-situeaza-în-sine-însusi devine, din clipa în care este considerat dinspre privitor, ceea-ce-se-în-fatiseaza, ceea ce se ofera în aspectul sau exterior.
~ Martin Heidegger
?ó??—gleam, shine, radiance Emerging out of itself and yet remaining with itself—continuously radiating out from itself and yet nothing given away or lost. Gleaming—shining not only away from itself and an emergence, but also beckoning back into something dark, concealed, inaccessible. Shining—the radiance of the self-concealing.
~ Martin Heidegger