Quotes About Concealment

Some people, under a nervous and self-effacing manner, conceal a great deal of vanity and self-satisfaction.

Why not have told me the truth?" he countered. "In a place like this, all Ralph Paton's doings were bound to be known. If your sister had not happened to pass through the wood that day somebody else would have done

If Miss Debenham is innocent, why did she conceal that fact? Why did she tell me that she had never been in America?

You are probably right there. You want me to — hush it up, then?" "That's my idea. I'll admit frankly that I'm selfish about it. I've got my way to make — and I'm building up a good little business as a tailor and outfitter.

Smell goes up, not down. You'd notice a decaying body in the cellar much sooner than in the attic. And, anyway, for a long time people would think it was a dead rat.

More murders have been committed for respectability than one would believe possible! The

My friend, in working upon a case, one does not take into account only the things that are 'mentioned.' There is no reason to mention many things which may be important. Equally, there is often an excellent reason for not mentioning them. You can take your choice of the two motives." -- Hercule Poirot

That's the worst of our job," said Race despondently. "So many people keep back the truth for positively futile reasons.

To hide the truth, never does it avail, madame! Be brave and tell him everything.

El destino parece a veces burlarse de los serers humanos complaciéndose en descubrir lo que éstos quisieran conservar secreto.

followed his instructions, taking up my position by the baize door, and wondering what on earth lay behind the request.

They won't know. Who's to tell them? Nobody knows but you." It was the second time she had said those words. At this second repetition her voice changed a little

Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.

When people aren't ready to hear a truth it is easier to label the discloser as insane to hide their own incapacity.

As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger.

This is probably true of human life everywhere - a light exterior hides a dark underside.

It is always Dark. Light only hides the Darkness. —DANIEL KIAN MC KIERNAN

There were things that Pumpkin Head—now not Pumpkin Head anymore—had to do to be a girl. He had to be careful how he dressed, and how he acted. He had to be careful how he talked, and he always had to be calm. He was very frightened of what would happen if he didn't stay calm. For his face was really just a wonderful plastic one. The real Pumpkin Head was still inside, locked in, waiting to come out.

They don't know what it's like. Inside. For them it's only fun, even though I tell them it isn't. You see I don't delete. Anything. Ever.

What the eye doesn't see,"' said the man, '"the heart doesn't grieve for." Or does it?

Head down, hoodie up, eyes on the ground. Be unimportant. Blend in.

Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting. But what they hide is vital.