Quotes About Concealment

I'm more insecure than I ever let anyone know; sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armor that people see more than they see you.

A lot of things you do to cover up insecurities can be just as harmful to you as anything else.

People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.

I'm always interested in how people use language to not say what they mean.

covered with a think

He waited for the mask to drop off, but at the same time he did not question her right to wear it.

You tell me where you sleep during the day and I'll tell you what I am. Otherwise, we can agree to do business. Or I can leave.

they knew more than he thought they possibly could? Not that he could see how. As far as he was aware, nobody knew how much he had hated Iris Carmody – or why. But if they were to find out … Would he be arrested? And if he was, how could he possibly defend himself?

Concealment is the brother of censorship.

Don't tell me what I'm doing; I don't want to know.

Porque tú crees que el tiempo cura y que las paredes tapan, y no es verdad, no es verdad.

ANGUSTIAS.—Yo creo, madre, que él me oculta muchas cosas. BERNARDA.—No procures descubrirlas, no le preguntes y, desde luego, que no te vea llorar jamás.

To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

The hooting fowler seldom takes much game. When a man has a project in his mind, digested and fixed by consideration, it is wise to keep it secret till the time that his designs arrive at their despatch and perfection. He is unwise who brags much either of what he will do or what he shall have, for if what he speaks of fall not out accordingly, instead of applause, a mock and scorn will follow him.

We magnify the wealthy man, though his parts be never so poor. The poor man we despise, be he never so well qualified. Gold is the coverlet of imperfections. It is the fool?s curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.

por onde ella logo com medo fugia para a concava funda da casa do fumo,

Méfie-toi : celui qui se montre, c'est qu'il a envie de se faire voir, donc de se cacher. (p. 21)

Aunque por la luz vemos lo que vemos, la esencia de la luz es que no la podamos ver

I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind.

Ma vie est un désastre, mais personne ne le voit car je suis très poli : je souris tout le temps. Je souris parce que je pense que si l'on cache sa souffrance elle disparaît. Et dans un sens, c'est vrai : elle est invisible donc elle n'existe pas, puisque nous vivons dans le monde du visible, du vérifiable, du matériel. Ma douleur n'est pas matérielle ; elle est occultée. Je suis un négationniste de moi-même

Las fiestas le fueron concedidas al hombre para que pudiera esconder sus pensamientos

People keep secrets for all kinds of reasons. To avoid hurting other people. To protect their jobs. Sometimes I think people just get so used to their public versions of the truth, if they've been doing it for a long time, that they forget the secret they've been hiding.

In his failure Nhu had withdrawn so far into himself that in the end his face was a mask that no longer opened onto the real world.

Where is your sense of patriotism?" I keep it hid away safe, along with my sense of trust, Mr. Clent. I don't use 'em much in case they get scratched.